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"It's okay to be white" (IOTBW) is an alt-right slogan which originated as part of an organized trolling campaign on the website 4chan's discussion board /pol/ in 2017.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 99 relations: /pol/, Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, All Lives Matter, Alt-right, Anti-Defamation League, Australian Associated Press, Australian Senate, Backlash (sociology), BBC News, Black Lives Matter, Breach of the peace, Canadian Heritage Alliance, CBC News, CBS News, CFWE, Christchurch mosque shootings, Cleveland Scene, Coalition (Australia), Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota), Covert racism, CTV News, Daily Hive, David Duke, Dilbert, Disorderly conduct, Diversity (politics), Fox News, Hartford Courant, Hate crime, Hate group, Hate speech in the United States, Ipswich, It's Okay to Be Different, KING-TV, KREM (TV), Ku Klux Klan, Larceny, Lucian Wintrich, Mass media, Media Matters for America, Milo Yiannopoulos, Moscow-Pullman Daily News, National Post, Neo-Nazism, Newshub, Newsweek, Online marketplace, Owning the libs, Pauline Hanson, Playing the victim, ... Expand index (49 more) »

  2. /pol/ phenomena
  3. 2010s slang
  4. 2017 controversies
  5. 2017 introductions
  6. Identity politics in the United Kingdom
  7. Identity politics in the United States
  8. Pauline Hanson
  9. Race-related controversies
  10. Tucker Carlson
  11. White nationalism in Australia
  12. White nationalism in New Zealand
  13. White nationalism in the United Kingdom
  14. White nationalism in the United States

/pol/

/pol/, short for Politically Incorrect, is an anonymous political discussion imageboard on 4chan. It's okay to be white and /pol/ are /pol/ phenomena.

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The Aboriginal Multi-Media Society (AMMSA) is an Aboriginal publisher in Canada.

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All Lives Matter

All Lives Matter is a slogan that was created as a negative response to the Black Lives Matter movement. It's okay to be white and All Lives Matter are American political catchphrases and Slogans.

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Alt-right

The alt-right (abbreviated from alternative right) is a far-right, white nationalist movement. It's okay to be white and alt-right are /pol/ phenomena and Identity politics in the United States.

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Anti-Defamation League

The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), formerly known as the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, is a New York–based international non-governmental organization that was founded to combat antisemitism, bigotry and discrimination.

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Australian Associated Press

Australian Associated Press (AAP) is an Australian news agency.

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Australian Senate

The Australian Senate is the upper house of the bicameral Parliament of Australia, the lower house being the House of Representatives.

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Backlash (sociology)

A backlash is a strong adverse reaction to an idea, action, or object.

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BBC News

BBC News is an operational business division of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) responsible for the gathering and broadcasting of news and current affairs in the UK and around the world.

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Black Lives Matter

Black Lives Matter (BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people and to promote anti-racism. It's okay to be white and black Lives Matter are American political catchphrases, Identity politics in the United States and Slogans.

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Breach of the peace

Breach of the peace or disturbing the peace, is a legal term used in constitutional law in English-speaking countries and in a public order sense in the several jurisdictions of the United Kingdom.

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Canadian Heritage Alliance

The Canadian Heritage Alliance (CHA) was a Canadian white supremacist group founded in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario.

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CBC News

CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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CBS News

CBS News is the news division of the American television and radio broadcaster CBS.

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CFWE

CFWE (98.5 FM) is a radio network based in Edmonton, Alberta.

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Christchurch mosque shootings

The Christchurch mosque shootings were two consecutive mass shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 15 March 2019. It's okay to be white and Christchurch mosque shootings are /pol/ phenomena.

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Cleveland Scene

The Cleveland Scene is an alternative weekly newspaper based in Cleveland, Ohio.

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Coalition (Australia)

The Liberal–National Coalition, commonly known simply as the Coalition or the LNP, is an alliance of centre-right to right-wing political parties that forms one of the two major groupings in Australian federal politics.

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Concordia College (Moorhead, Minnesota)

Concordia College is a private liberal arts college in Moorhead, Minnesota.

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Covert racism

Covert racism is a form of racial discrimination that is disguised and subtle, rather than public or obvious.

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CTV News

CTV News is the news division of the CTV Television Network in Canada.

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Daily Hive

Daily Hive, formerly known as Vancity Buzz, is a Canadian online newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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David Duke

David Ernest Duke (born July 1, 1950) is an American politician, white supremacist, conspiracy theorist, and former grand wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.

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Dilbert

Dilbert is an American comic strip written and illustrated by Scott Adams, first published on April 16, 1989.

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Disorderly conduct

Disorderly conduct is a crime in most jurisdictions, such as the United States and China.

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Diversity (politics)

Diversity within groups is a key concept in sociology and political science that refers to the degree of difference along socially significant identifying features among the members of a purposefully defined group, such as any group differences in racial or ethnic classifications, age, gender, religion, philosophy, politics, culture, language, physical abilities, socioeconomic background, sexual orientation, gender identity, intelligence, physical health, mental health, genetic attributes, personality, behavior, or attractiveness.

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Fox News

The Fox News Channel (FNC), commonly known as Fox News, is an American multinational conservative news and political commentary television channel and website based in New York City.

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Hartford Courant

The Hartford Courant is the largest daily newspaper in the U.S. state of Connecticut, and is advertised as the oldest continuously published newspaper in the United States.

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Hate crime

A hate crime (also known a bias crime) is crime where a perpetrator targets a victim because of their physical appearance or perceived membership of a certain social group.

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Hate group

A hate group is a social group that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, nation, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other designated sector of society. It's okay to be white and hate group are Alt-right.

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Hate speech in the United States

Hate speech in the United States cannot be directly regulated by the government due to the fundamental right to freedom of speech protected by the Constitution.

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Ipswich

Ipswich is a port town and borough in Suffolk, England.

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It's Okay to Be Different

It's Okay to Be Different is a children's book by Todd Parr.

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KING-TV

KING-TV (channel 5) is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, affiliated with NBC.

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KREM (TV)

KREM (channel 2) is a television station in Spokane, Washington, United States, affiliated with CBS.

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Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.

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Larceny

Larceny is a crime involving the unlawful taking or theft of the personal property of another person or business.

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Lucian Wintrich

Lucian Baxter Wintrich IV (né Einhorn; born May 24, 1988) is an American artist, photographer, writer, and media personality.

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Mass media include the diverse arrays of media that reach a large audience via mass communication.

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Media Matters for America (MMfA) is a non-profit left-leaning watchdog journalism organization.

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Milo Yiannopoulos

Milo Yiannopoulos (né Hanrahan; born 18 October 1984) is a British far-right political commentator.

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Moscow-Pullman Daily News

The Moscow-Pullman Daily News is a daily newspaper in the northwestern United States, serving the Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Washington, metropolitan area.

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National Post

The National Post is a Canadian English-language broadsheet newspaper and the flagship publication of Postmedia Network.

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Neo-Nazism

Neo-Nazism comprises the post-World War II militant, social, and political movements that seek to revive and reinstate Nazi ideology.

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Newshub

Newshub (stylised as Newshub.) was a New Zealand news service that aired on the television channel Three, and on digital platforms, until July 2024.

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Newsweek

Newsweek is a weekly news magazine.

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Online marketplace

An online marketplace (or online e-commerce marketplace) is a type of e-commerce website where product or service information is provided by multiple third parties.

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Owning the libs

"Owning the libs" is a political strategy used by some conservatives in the United States that focuses on upsetting American liberals in order to appear dominant.

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Pauline Hanson

Pauline Lee Hanson (née Seccombe, formerly Zagorski; born 27 May 1954) is an Australian politician who is the founder and leader of One Nation, a right-wing populist political party.

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Playing the victim

Playing the victim (also known as victim playing, victim card, or self-victimization) is the fabrication or exaggeration of victimhood for a variety of reasons such as to justify abuse to others, to manipulate others, a coping strategy, attention seeking or diffusion of responsibility.

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Poster

A poster is a large sheet that is placed either on a public space to promote something or on a wall as decoration.

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Proof of concept

Proof of concept (POC or PoC), also known as proof of principle, is a realization of a certain idea, method or principle in order to demonstrate its feasibility, or viability, or a demonstration in principle with the aim of verifying that some concept or theory has practical potential.

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Quinebaug Valley Community College (QVCC) is a public community college in Danielson, Connecticut.

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Racial segregation

Racial segregation is the separation of people into racial or other ethnic groups in daily life.

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Rasmussen Reports

Rasmussen Reports is an American polling company founded in 2003.

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Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party, also known as the GOP (Grand Old Party), is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States.

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Reverse racism

Reverse racism, sometimes referred to as reverse discrimination, is the concept that affirmative action and similar color-conscious programs for redressing racial inequality are forms of anti-white racism.

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SBS World News

SBS World News is the news service of the Special Broadcasting Service in Australia.

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Scott Adams

Scott Raymond Adams (born June 8, 1957) is an American author and cartoonist.

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Shopify

Shopify Inc., stylized as shopify, is a Canadian multinational e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

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Slate (magazine)

Slate is an online magazine that covers current affairs, politics, and culture in the United States.

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Social exclusion or social marginalisation is the social disadvantage and relegation to the fringe of society.

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St. Paul Pioneer Press

The St.

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Sticker

A sticker is a type of label: a piece of printed paper, plastic, vinyl, or other material with temporary or permanent pressure sensitive adhesive on one side.

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The Canadian Press

The Canadian Press (CP; La Presse canadienne, PC) is a Canadian national news agency headquartered in Toronto, Ontario.

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The Daily Californian

The Daily Californian (Daily Cal) is an independent, student-run newspaper that serves the University of California, Berkeley, campus and its surrounding community.

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The Daily Stormer

The Daily Stormer is an American far-right, neo-Nazi, white supremacist, misogynist, Islamophobic, antisemitic, and Holocaust denial commentary and message board website that advocates for a second genocide of Jews. It's okay to be white and the Daily Stormer are Internet trolling.

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The Diamondback

The Diamondback is an independent student newspaper associated with the University of Maryland, College Park.

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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The Independent

The Independent is a British online newspaper.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.

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The Root (magazine)

The Root is an African American-oriented online magazine.

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The Spokesman-Review

The Spokesman-Review is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Spokane, Washington, the city's sole remaining daily publication.

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The Sydney Morning Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.

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The Washington Post

The Washington Post, locally known as "the Post" and, informally, WaPo or WP, is an American daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the national capital.

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The Washington Times

The Washington Times is an American conservative daily newspaper published in Washington, D.C. It covers general interest topics with an emphasis on national politics.

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ThinkProgress

ThinkProgress was an American progressive news website that was active from 2005 to 2019.

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Today (American TV program)

Today (also called The Today Show) is an American morning television show that airs weekdays from 7:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. on NBC.

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Toronto Sun

The Toronto Sun is an English-language tabloid newspaper published daily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Trade Me

Trade Me is New Zealand's largest online auction and classifieds website.

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Troll (slang)

In slang, a troll is a person who posts deliberately offensive or provocative messages online (such as in social media, a newsgroup, a forum, a chat room, an online video game) or who performs similar behaviors in real life. It's okay to be white and troll (slang) are Internet trolling.

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Tucker Carlson

Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson (born May 16, 1969) is an American conservative political commentator and writer who hosted the nightly political talk show Tucker Carlson Tonight on Fox News from 2016 to 2023.

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United Klans of America

The United Klans of America Inc. (UKA), based in Alabama, is a Ku Klux Klan organization active in the United States.

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University of California, Berkeley

The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California.

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University of Connecticut

The University of Connecticut (UConn) is a public land-grant research university system with its main campus in Storrs, Connecticut.

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University of Regina

The University of Regina is a public university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada.

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University of Utah

The University of Utah (the U, U of U, or simply Utah) is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Vianne Timmons

Vianne Timmons, OC (born 1958) is a Canadian academic who most recently served as president and vice-chancellor of Memorial University of Newfoundland from 2020 to 2023.

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Victoria University of Wellington

Victoria University of Wellington (Te Herenga Waka) is a public research university in Wellington, New Zealand.

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Washington State University

Washington State University (WSU) (or colloquially and informally Wazzu) is a public land-grant research university in Pullman, Washington.

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Waterloo Region District School Board

Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB, known as English-language Public District School Board No. 24 prior to 1999) is the public school board for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.

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White Lives Matter

White Lives Matter (WLM) is a white supremacist slogan that emerged in 2015 as a reaction to the Black Lives Matter social justice movement that started a few years prior. It's okay to be white and white Lives Matter are 2010s neologisms, 2010s slang, American political catchphrases, Identity politics in the United States, Race-related controversies, Slogans, White nationalism in the United Kingdom and White nationalism in the United States.

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White nationalism

White nationalism is a type of racial nationalism or pan-nationalism which espouses the belief that white people are a raceHeidi Beirich and Kevin Hicks.

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White people

White (often still referred to as Caucasian) is a racial classification of people generally used for those of mostly European ancestry.

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White power music

White power music is music that promotes white nationalism.

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White pride

White pride and white power are expressions primarily used by white separatist, white nationalist, fascist, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist organizations in order to signal racist or racialist viewpoints.

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White supremacy

White supremacy is the belief that white people are superior to those of other races and thus should dominate them.

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WTNH

WTNH (channel 8) is a television station licensed to New Haven, Connecticut, United States, serving the Hartford–New Haven market as an affiliate of ABC.

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4chan

4chan is an anonymous English-language imageboard website. It's okay to be white and 4chan are Internet trolling.

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See also

/pol/ phenomena

2010s slang

2017 controversies

2017 introductions

Identity politics in the United Kingdom

Identity politics in the United States

Pauline Hanson

Tucker Carlson

White nationalism in Australia

White nationalism in New Zealand

White nationalism in the United Kingdom

White nationalism in the United States

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It's_okay_to_be_white

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