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PRINTER'S NO. 4486
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
1040
Session of
2020
INTRODUCED BY DERMODY, HARRIS, BRADFORD, McCLINTON, STURLA,
YOUNGBLOOD AND FREEMAN, OCTOBER 6, 2020
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON RULES, OCTOBER 6, 2020
A RESOLUTION
Rejecting white nationalism and white supremacy.
WHEREAS, A 2018 study by the Center for Strategic and
International Studies found that in the United States the threat
from white supremacist groups appears to be rising, specifically
against government, racial, religious and political targets; and
WHEREAS, A 2006 Federal Bureau of Intelligence (FBI)
assessment defined a white supremacist as follows: "White
supremacists believe that the white race is superior to all
other races and was created to rule them. They view non-whites
as subhuman and usually refer to them in derogatory terms"; and
WHEREAS, The same 2006 FBI intelligence assessment defined a
white nationalist as follows: "To be a white nationalist is to
be pro-white. The domestic white nationalist movement seeks to
promote, honor, and defend the white race. They believe the
white race is under attack from Jewish interests that dominate
the government (referred to as the Zionist Occupied Government,
or ZOG), the media, banking, and entertainment industries and
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act to the detriment of the white race. White nationalists view
multiculturalism, diversity, and illegal immigration as direct
assaults on the white race and race-mixing as akin to white
genocide. They hope to appeal to mainstream whites, believing
that the majority of white people do not understand the imminent
or long-term threat to their race. Many contend that a race war,
often referred to as RAHOWA, or Racial Holy War, is a
certainty"; and
WHEREAS, White supremacy and white nationalism are contrary
to the ideals of this Commonwealth, including the belief of our
founder, William Penn, that Pennsylvania should be "the seed of
a nation" that stands for fairness, religious tolerance,
acceptance and representative government; therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives reject white
nationalism and white supremacy in all its hateful forms and
express that the values espoused by those supporting white
nationalism and white supremacy are contradictory to the values
this Commonwealth was founded upon.
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