ABSTRACT
From 1990 to 1997 seven and a half million foreign-born people entered America legally, forming 29.2 per cent of the population growth. 1 Globally, many white people sincerely believe their rights have been overlooked, and this victim status as the ‘new other’ then lends them a level of respectability which right-wing groups have capitalized on. Some German neo-Nazis took this position after World War II, arguing the treatment of Germany by the allied forces gave them this victim status. The discourse around books on hooligans, such as The Football Factory and various spin-off television series, claims that the white male has been overlooked in general. There is little nuanced analysis over how male violence is still a problem, especially domestic violence. Often racist violence in this context is given overt approval as a form of legitimized retaliation. The terms ‘nationalist’ and ‘populist’ replace the concept of ‘extremist’, and yet it is still extremism, and in some cases terrorism. In controlling the discourse by constantly branding the ‘other’ as a terrorist, often linked to a specific religion, any level of domestic terrorism can be carried out in the name of homeland security by the state. The state then commits acts of terrorism in the name of preventing terrorism.
