The Identity Christian Movement

Ideology of Domestic Terrorism

Datos Bibliográficos

ID18966175
AutoresTanya Telfair Sharpe (Georgia State University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2000
Volumen30
Número4
Páginas604-623
Fecha de publicación2000-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
EditorialSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002193470003000407
OpenAlexW2167157193
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas9

In past years, terrorism has been most often associated with countries other than the United States. Concomitantly, acts of ter- rorism on American shores were formerly linked to foreign resi- dent extremists. However, an increasing body of evidence suggests that domestic terrorism in the United States perpetuated by Ameri- cans is increasing, especially in the past 20 years. The causes of violent acts directed at the government and its officials, ethnic and other minorities, synagogues, and Black churches have con- founded law enforcement agencies. These acts of violence include from the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995; mail bombs directed at federal judges and NAACP leaders; random acts of violence targeting homosexuals, Blacks, Jews, His- panics, and Asians; the burning of Black and mixed congregation churches in the South; the July 24, 1998 shootings at the nation's capitol; and most recently, the beating death of a gay Wyoming uni- versity student and the June 1998 dragging death of a Black man in Texas. On the surface, these appear to be separate and unrelated incidents. None of these events can be linked to a grand conspiracy

Aesthetics · Art · Identity (music) · Movement (music) · Sociology · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Gender Studies · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Social Psychology · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence