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Conflicting identities: white racial formation among Mennonites, 1960-1985 / Shearer, Tobin Miller

Shearer, Tobin Miller	Journal Article
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2012.

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In this essay, I argue that rather than correlating white identity and whiteness studies first with invisibility, power and privilege, white identity is more accurately correlated with overt conflict and crisis. Moreover, the study of white racial formation in one US-based but internationally focused religious organization between 1960 and 1985 also suggests that white identity is a conflict that results in power and privilege but that the power and privilege do not define the identity itself.

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Religion ; Race ; Identity ; Mennonites ; Whiteness ; Racial Identity

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Tolerant exclusion: expanding constricted narratives of wartime ethnic and civic nationalism / Neufeldt, Reina C

Neufeldt, Reina C	Journal Article
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2009.

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During war, the demarcation 'enemy alien'- whether on ethnic or civic grounds - can lead to loss of political, social or economic rights. Yet not all minorities are excluded even though they pose problems for civic and ethnic national categories of belonging. This article explores the experiences of an ethno-religious minority who posed an intriguing dilemma for ethnic and civic categorisation in North America during World War II. The Mennonite experience enables a close examination of the relationship between a minority ethnic (and religious) group and majority concepts of wartime civic and ethnic nationalism. The article supports arguments that both ethnic and civic nationalism produce markers for the exclusion of minority groups during wartime. It reveals that minority groups can unintentionally become part of majority 'nationalisms' as the content of what defines the national ideal shifts over time. The experiences also suggest that a minority group can help mobilise symbolic resources that participate in transforming what defines the national ideal.

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United States ; Canada ; Ethnic Nationalism ; Civic Nationalism ; Anti-Germanism ; Conscientious Objection ;
Mennonites ; World War II

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