Ethnic violence
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Ethnic violence (also known as ethnic terrorism or ethnically-motivated terrorism) refers to violence that is dominantly motivated by causes and issues related to ethnicity. Ethnic violence is related to political violence, and often the terms are interchangeable in a local context where reference to ethnicity is considered minimal or improper.
"Racist terrorism" is a form of ethnic violence which is typically dominated by overt forms of racism and xenophobic reactionism. This form typically involves attacks on immigrant minorities, and hold an association with right-wing extremist
Racial supremacist groups such as Neo-Nazis often dominate the perception of an ethnic terrorist, though other violent actors associated with ethnic supremacism qualify.
Examples
- Pogrom
- Combat 18, United Kingdom
- The Order, United States
- Ku Klux Klan, United States
- Jewish Defense League, USA and Israel (Kach Movement) Kach and Kahane Chai
- Hammerskins, International
- Serb Paramilitary groups i.e. Arkan's White tigers and many more
- APLA, South Africa
- Death Angels, United States
- MLNQ
- Don Black (nationalist) and Operation Red Dog
Related Reading
- Y. Bar-Yam, Making Things Work, NECSI/Knowledge Press, 2005.zh:種族恐怖主義