Deck 29: Negotiating White Power Activist Stigma

Question 1

Simi and Futrell's study of the U.S. White Power Movement (WPM) focuses on

A) the tactics and strategies employed by WPM members for overthrowing the current government and installing a new Aryan regime.
B) the strategies employed by WPM members to manage the tensions and stigma related to their Aryan activist identity.
C) the political tactics of concealment and revelation employed by WPM members to advance their Aryan movement goals.
D) the great difficulty faced by federal law enforcement in uncovering WPM terrorist cells given Aryan member's calculated practice of concealing their identities and revealing them too late.

Answer 1

the strategies employed by WPM members to manage the tensions and stigma related to their Aryan activist identity.

Question 2

According to Simi and Futrell, White Power (WP) and Aryan identity is based on all of the following EXCEPT

A) White Power members embrace a sense of exceptionalism.
B) share a utopian vision is of radically exclusive world dominated by Aryans and where nonwhites are eliminated, separated, or subordinated.
C) adhere to a policy of "don't ask, don't tell' regarding homosexual behavior between Aryan men and women.
D) reject all interracial marriage, sex, and procreation.

Answer 2

adhere to a policy of "don't ask, don't tell' regarding homosexual behavior between Aryan men and women.

Question 3

Simi and Futrell's study of the of the U.S. White Power Movement (WPM)

A) suggest that Aryan activists have little awareness of the stigma others attach to their beliefs.
B) suggest that Aryan activists perceive great personal risk in public declaration of their ideas.
C) suggest that the police misjudge the public's receptiveness to White Power beliefs and incorrectly assume that many whites will embrace them once informed.
D) demonstrates that the size and scope of the problem is much greater than assumed.

Answer 3

suggest that Aryan activists perceive great personal risk in public declaration of their ideas.

Question 4

Members of the U.S. White Power Movement (WPM), according to Simi and Futrell, engage in all of the following techniques to deal with disapproving family and friends EXCEPT

A) false fronts.
B) leading a double life.
C) strategic silence.
D) selective disclosure.

Question 5

Members of the U.S. White Power Movement (WPM), according to Simi and Futrell, negotiate stigma in such everyday settings as work and school in all of the following EXCEPT

A) avoiding others.
B) false fronts.
C) strategic silence.
D) fabrication.

Question 6

Simi and Futrell suggest that Aryans (White Power Movement-WPM) engage in passive identity displays when in everyday public settings such as stores or banks

A) because without an attitude of restraint they would be constantly railing against the evils they perceive surrounding them.
B) because they understand the need for waiting until the proper moment when leaders direct them to action.
C) since they have to shop, cash checks, purchase fuel etc in order to raise families and work.
D) because otherwise they would have to join one or other communes and become self-sufficient.

Question 7

Aryans (members of the White Power Movement-WPM) who engage in passive identity displays when in public

A) may play at being a multiculturalist to fool or "get it over" coworkers, schoolmates, or teachers.
B) are viewed by other Aryan members as cowardly and not seriously committed to the WPM.
C) display tattoos, clothing insignia to display honor and reinforce group and self-identity.
D) do so because they are with family (wives and children) but otherwise prefer active displays.

Question 8

Aryans (members of the White Power Movement-WPM) who engage in public legitimation guard against token expressions of their racist ideal of a white dominated world by

A) engaging in overt acts of prejudice such as using and directing racial or ethnic slurs at minority members they encounter.
B) demonstrating the act of "feeling good" by having heads shaved or by wearing white power t-shirts.
C) expressing the opposite of what might be expected of them by playing pool and even shaking hands after the game with an African American.
D) engaging in public displays of courage by using violence against members of minority groups.

Question 9

The social institution that Aryans (members of the White Power Movement-WPM) most blame for creating and perpetuating multiculturalism they despise is

A) the federal government, including Congress, the courts and the FBI for promoting the democratic belief that all born equal and deserve equal rights and justice.
B) schools and the educational system for promoting cultural and ethnic diversity diversity.
C) the economy in general but especially banks and the stock market for promoting global trade and international markets.
D) religious institutions especially Christianity for its belief that God loves everyone equally.

Question 10

All groups, deviant and otherwise, are rooted in a set of guiding beliefs, values and attitudes that underpin the group's practices and goals. Describe and discuss at least four elements of the White Power and Aryan belief structure. What are the resulting impact on Aryan norms and possible courses of action? Which of these do you find as the one or two most central or fundamental foundation of the Aryan world view? Explain.

Question 11

Describe the stigma attached to White Power Movement members and the potential impact on their lives if and when their Aryan identity is discovered. Identify and explain at least one strategy members employ in response to family friends; identify and explain at least one strategy members employ in school and/or the workplace. Be specific and give examples.

Question 12

Describe in detail and discuss several of the ways that Aryan members carry out both ACTIVE and PASSIVE identity displays in public. Provide specific examples and explain the underlying strategies that guide when and how such displays may be exhibited. Be sure to explain especially the different reasons behind active or passive displays and under what circumstances or conditions or audiences each type may be applied.