The Heritage Front
Approach and Appeal
Realizing that an openly racist message would repel the general
public, the
Heritage Front has adopted a 'White Pride' approach in
its recruitment campaign. Flyers distributed by the group declare:
"We are the descendants of Pythagoras, Galileo, Copernicus, Newton
and Darwin. Just to list the great accomplishments of our race would
require the work of a lifetime. No one, no race on the face of the
earth, has more to be proud of than we do. Virtually every great
civilization throughout the history of the human race has been
created by our people. "
In an era where the victimization of minorities is being confronted
and remedied, the
Heritage Front claims that the White race is being
discriminated against by a society which gives in to the demands and
rights of minority groups. In the Front's magazine, Up Front, an
article from March 1992 bemoaned the perceived attack on Whites,
stating "We must do something before it is too late. Every other race
within Canada works vehemently to promote its own interests." By posing
as a defender of the White race, the
Heritage Front seeks to hide the
hatred in its White supremacist message by appealing to those who are
disturbed by new legislation and ideas. However, it is clear in all of
the group's action that what the Heritage Front markets as pro-White
activism is the same anti-Native, anti-Black, anti-Semitic message
that has always been spread by Canadian White-supremacist hate groups.
The
Heritage Front's anti-immigration message tries to appeal to
over-taxed and unemployed Canadians who it thinks are incensed at the
thought of 'foreigners' taking their jobs. Radical groups such as the
Heritage Front provide a cause to latch on to, scapegoats, and a 'safe
haven' for the wavering identities of disenfranchised people unable to
deal with the pressures of school and society. The existence of the
Heritage Front represents a backlash against Canada's move towards
multiculturalism and equality for all Canadians.
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