Introduction
The term Americanization is used to refer to the impact that the United States has on society in politics, culture, technology, and language. The United States being a superpower makes it have a big influence on the social fabric of the world. This term can also be used to refer to the way immigrants adapt to the American culture within the United States. To many, the influence of the United States in the world is perceived in a negative manner. There is a general fear of the loss of local customs and traditions (Darrell, 2003). The United States always strives to influence its policies in countries where they have a special interest. They influence these policies on countries that they have offered military, monetary, and medical. This has received opposition from countries. America has the belief that they are a great country and the different ideologies and policies are also the best in the world. They venture into other countries with this belief and thus influence the society that they are in.
Ways of Controlling Neo-Nazi
Economically
The first way that neo-Nazis can be stopped is through economic ways. This can be done by boycotting products or services from the companies, organizations, and states where they are known to come from. Despite the fact that people of Spanish roots have been part and parcel of the American fabric since the signing of the Guadalupe Hidalgo Treaty ended the 1848 Mexican-American War and signaled the incorporation of what is now South West America to the United States government, the restrictive and exclusionary nature of the U.S. laws that govern the policies and immigration laws have sustained the treatment of Hispanics as aliens on U.S. soil since the signing of this treaty. 62% of Latinos residing in the United States are genuine U.S. citizens by birth, while 7% of them are citizens by naturalization. However, the Hispanic citizens of the U.S. often have their relatives co-habiting with them within the country yet they are not U.S. citizens. This is one of the reasons why the public policy has been particularly focused on the Hispanics, who are virtually a minority group in the U.S (Goldfield, 2000). This is a crucial matter that affects this group, especially because most of them usually occupy near-bottom positions of the social hierarchy.
Pearce’s un-American anti-immigration legislation made other states boycott Arizona economically. The law perceived immigrants as robbers of resources. The police would be allowed to interrogate people they perceived to be illegal immigrants. They would also question anyone they suspected of not having a valid US visa or green card. Neo-Nazi ideologies were favored in this law. The law targeted Hispanic immigrants who come into this State while in search of better living standards. Conventions that were meant to be In Arizona were all canceled. The boycott went further to the cancellation of products that are manufactured in Arizona and contracts. The situation was further compounded by the fact that many Hispanics were fleeing from this state before the law came into effect. These factors made the economy of Arizona go down. Arizona has always depended on the immigrant population for its economy to run. A sharp decrease in population would have led to a negative economical downturn of the State. With this looming fact, a court decision ruled against the law. The National Socialist Movement held the protest near the phoenix courthouse. Rival demonstrators opposing the law came and the police had to intervene because the situation was escalating to violence. Both protesters were dispersed.
Protests
Another way of stopping these movements is through non-violent protests. In this protest, neither force nor violence is used and this puts authorities in the limelight because they have to respond in a way that is non-offensive to the public. The protests create awareness to the public about serious problems affecting society. Apart from just creating awareness, the protests seek to pressure the authorities to find a solution to the problem. The Asian Americans in the US faced a dual system of administration in which the administration from their homeland was approved by the US to partake in controlling the Asian Americans. This acted as an American strategy of developing and enforcing its interests that included external loyalty and racism. This system of administration was particularly prevalent in the period of exclusion that saw racial segregations, oppressions, and gender discrimination perpetrated among Asian Americans. They reacted against the oppressions by holding strikes, and slowdowns, fighting mostly on the basis of nationality and class.
There have been several protests against Neo-Nazis. In Bulgaria, a protest was organized in Sofia in support of the rights of refugees and immigrants. The two groups have been the targets of Neo-Nazis in this country.
In the United States, there have been several counter-protests held against white supremacists. In Los Angeles, about 100 members of the National Socialist Movement a self-proclaimed neo-Nazi group held a protest against immigrants to the United States. Their actions sparked a counter rally that drew about 500 people.
Policies
Another way is for the central government to take up the responsibility of offering programs that expand benefits and approval for families, with dependents such as children, to receive financial assistance. This will ensure that they do not engage in gangs and violent activities. The gangs and the violence that is created by them legitimize the white supremacist’s ideology that immigrants are the cause of most crimes in the United States (Ferrarotti, 1994). Programs have been started that see to the coming up of pre-schools for children, huge funding of city schools of various categories for the minorities, several hiring programs for the minorities in both public and private sectors.
The other way is to ensure that all races are included in the leadership circles of America. This has been done through the formation of movements that cater to the rights of minority groups. The movements have activists who ensure that their ideologies are lobbied by the central government. Most of the civil rights activists particularly those that came before March 1963 in Washington, believed that the need for equality in protection by law, which was already included in the fourteenth amendment would be finally be allowed. They also believed that similar equality, civil rights, and equal democratic rights would be enacted in the system. However, during the governance of Kennedy, there was weak safeguarding of civil rights workers and harsh treatment from the FBI and J. Edgar. These activities sabotaged civil rights instead of enforcing them. This led to the realization that the simple demands for equal rights and the end of racial separation were revolutionary (Laqueur, 1996). There were killings of the revolutionaries of the minorities and these included Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, and the murdering of Bobby and John Kennedy. In the year 1972, Amiri Baraka together with Gary, alongside Indian Mayor Richard Hatcher assisted in convening the most extensive united front of the Black in the history of the US. This took place in Gary, Indiana and it was dubbed the National Black Political Convention. It led to the development of several far-reaching demands that included the election of Blacks to govern the Black community, which was organized under the Black Agenda. Currently, the president of America is an African American proving that a high number of the American population does not believe in Neo-Nazi’s ideologies.
Media
The other way is by making the media to be more responsible in the way they portray different races or minority groups (Johnston, 2009). Receiving positive or unbiased information will enable people to make sound judgments in what is perceived as racial profiling. Information will also help the Neo-Nazis change their ideologies as they will see that the groups that they are targeting can be beneficial to them and society. The United States can also try to stop the websites that are operated by this from running. It is known that the internet servers for German neo-Nazi websites are in the US.
Banning Of the Groups
Another way is to ensure that all organizations that hold white supremacists ideologies are banned. A group like the National Socialist Movement should be banned because it is publicly seen as a white supremacy group. This group always grows especially in areas where there are high rates of immigration and unemployment. When the controversial immigration law was being debated, militias with neo-Nazi ties armed themselves and started patrolling the border. They were in search of illegal immigrants. The group has maintained that these patrols and the weapons that they carry are all legal. This is an unlawful act because border patrol is the one charged with the responsibility of patrolling the borders of America and local authorities have voiced concerns. The militias have been receiving support from the National Socialist Movement. More measures should be put in place to combat such acts. In Germany, several Neo-Nazi groups have been banned. In 1982 the Volkssozialistische Bewegung Deutschlands/Partei der Arbeit were banned. The Homeland-Faithful German Youth is the most recent group. It was banned in late March 2009 by the German Interior Ministry.
Conclusion
Thus it appears that the discriminatory treatment of minority groups in the U.S. is synonymous to the immigration policies of the country, and will continue to exist unless a revolutionary review of these policies is carried out. Maybe then there will be a chance of changing the racialization ideals that are so deeply rooted in the minds of native northern and western Europeans, in which racial discrimination flourishes at will. In the end, it will depend on how people will accept each other for who they are and respect the different ideologies that they have.
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