National Association for the Advancement of White People
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The National Association for the Advancement of White People is a white nationalist organization in the United States
which primarily advocates racial segregation. It was originally incorporated on December 14, 1953 in Delaware
by Bryant Bowles. The following year an article was written on the organization by Time
magazine. The organization was founded to support policies such as segregation of races
, and it has sent speakers around the country. In September 1955, the Deputy Attorney General of Delaware took action to revoke the corporate charter of the NAAWP.
The organization was rekindled in 1980 by former Ku Klux Klan
Grand Wizard David Duke
. Its name can be taken to counter that of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
. The group advocates white separatism
as opposed to white supremacy
. It was headquartered in Metairie
in unincorporated Jefferson Parish
, Louisiana
, a suburb of New Orleans.
The organization's views included opposition to affirmative action
programs and a strong law and order
stance, such as favoring the death penalty
and three strikes laws. Its official slogan is: "Equal Rights For All — Special Privileges For None." The slogan was presumably taken from the seventh of the Ocala Demands
of the United States Populist (or People's) Party
of 1890.
In the 1990s, Ronald Edmiston founded a chapter of the NAAWP in Hawaii
and was one of the first to speak out against the Hawaiian sovereignty movement
as well as state and federal policies and practices favoring Native Hawaiians
. Edmiston saw whites in Hawaii's society as disproportionately the victims of discrimination and crime. The chapter is now defunct.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
which primarily advocates racial segregation. It was originally incorporated on December 14, 1953 in Delaware
Delaware
Delaware is a U.S. state located on the Atlantic Coast in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. It is bordered to the south and west by Maryland, and to the north by Pennsylvania...
by Bryant Bowles. The following year an article was written on the organization by Time
Time (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine. The organization was founded to support policies such as segregation of races
Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home...
, and it has sent speakers around the country. In September 1955, the Deputy Attorney General of Delaware took action to revoke the corporate charter of the NAAWP.
The organization was rekindled in 1980 by former Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan
Ku Klux Klan, often abbreviated KKK and informally known as the Klan, is the name of three distinct past and present far-right organizations in the United States, which have advocated extremist reactionary currents such as white supremacy, white nationalism, and anti-immigration, historically...
Grand Wizard David Duke
David Duke
David Ernest Duke is a former Grand Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan an American activist and writer, and former Republican Louisiana State Representative. He was also a former candidate in the Republican presidential primaries in 1992, and in the Democratic presidential primaries in...
. Its name can be taken to counter that of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to...
. The group advocates white separatism
White separatism
White separatism is a separatist political movement that seeks separate economic and cultural development for white people. White separatists generally claim genetic affiliation with Anglo-Saxon cultures, Nordic cultures, or other white European cultures...
as opposed to white supremacy
White supremacy
White supremacy is the belief, and promotion of the belief, that white people are superior to people of other racial backgrounds. The term is sometimes used specifically to describe a political ideology that advocates the social and political dominance by whites.White supremacy, as with racial...
. It was headquartered in Metairie
Metairie, Louisiana
Metairie is a census-designated place in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States and is a major part of the New Orleans Metropolitan Area. Metairie is the largest community in Jefferson Parish. It is an unincorporated area that would be larger than most of the state's cities if it were...
in unincorporated Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish, Louisiana
Jefferson Parish is a parish in Louisiana, United States that includes most of the suburbs of New Orleans. The seat of parish government is Gretna....
, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, a suburb of New Orleans.
The organization's views included opposition to affirmative action
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...
programs and a strong law and order
Law and order (politics)
In politics, law and order refers to demands for a strict criminal justice system, especially in relation to violent and property crime, through harsher criminal penalties...
stance, such as favoring the death penalty
Capital punishment
Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution is the sentence of death upon a person by the state as a punishment for an offence. Crimes that can result in a death penalty are known as capital crimes or capital offences. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally...
and three strikes laws. Its official slogan is: "Equal Rights For All — Special Privileges For None." The slogan was presumably taken from the seventh of the Ocala Demands
Ocala Demands
The Ocala Demands was a platform for economic and political reform that was later adopted by the People's Party.In December, 1890, the National Farmers' Alliance and Industrial Union, more commonly known as the Southern Farmers' Alliance, its affiliate the Colored Farmers' Alliance, and the...
of the United States Populist (or People's) Party
Populist Party (United States)
The People's Party, also known as the "Populists", was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891. It was most important in 1892-96, then rapidly faded away...
of 1890.
In the 1990s, Ronald Edmiston founded a chapter of the NAAWP in Hawaii
Hawaii
Hawaii is the newest of the 50 U.S. states , and is the only U.S. state made up entirely of islands. It is the northernmost island group in Polynesia, occupying most of an archipelago in the central Pacific Ocean, southwest of the continental United States, southeast of Japan, and northeast of...
and was one of the first to speak out against the Hawaiian sovereignty movement
Hawaiian sovereignty movement
The Hawaiian sovereignty movement is a political movement seeking some form of sovereignty for Hawai'i. Generally, the movement's focus is on self-determination and self-governance, either for Hawaiʻi as an independent nation, or for people of whole or part native Hawaiian ancestry, or for...
as well as state and federal policies and practices favoring Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians
Native Hawaiians refers to the indigenous Polynesian people of the Hawaiian Islands or their descendants. Native Hawaiians trace their ancestry back to the original Polynesian settlers of Hawaii.According to the U.S...
. Edmiston saw whites in Hawaii's society as disproportionately the victims of discrimination and crime. The chapter is now defunct.