White Terror

White Terror may refer to:

• First White Terror (1794–1795), Second White Terror (1815); movements against the French Revolution
• White Terror (Russia), mass violence carried out by opponents of the Soviet Government during the Russian Revolution of 1917 and the Russian Civil War (1918–20)
• White Terror (Hungary), a two-year period (1919–1921) of repressive violence by counter-revolutionary soldiers
• White Terror (Spain), atrocities committed by the Nationalist movement during the Spanish Civil War and during Francisco Franco's dictatorship
• White Terror (mainland China), the period of political repression in China starting in 1927 by the Republic of China government
• White Terror (Taiwan), the period of political repression in Taiwan starting in the 1940s by the Republic of China government
• White Terror (Greece), persecution of the EAM-ELAS between the Treaty of Varkiza in February 1945 and the beginning of the Greek Civil War in March 1946
• White terror, violence of the white troops during and after the Finnish Civil War in 1918
• The White Terror (film), a 1917 silent German film
• "White terrorism", term used to describe xenophobic activity or right-wing terrorism by white Americans in the 1800s^[1][2] and the 2010s.^[3] The term was notably applied to the attempted assassination of Representative Gabrielle Giffords,^[3] the 2015 Charleston shooting,^[4] Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood shooting, and the occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Hillary Clinton has used this term as well.^[5]
• White terror may also refer to the name of a BBC News programme about Kenyan Mau Mau veterans' groups [who] are cataloguing a potentially damaging dossier on alleged human rights abuses in the 1950s^[6][7] see also: Caroline Elkins and The Mau Mau torture hearings in the UK and its outcome.

See also

• Red Terror (disambiguation)
• Terror (disambiguation)

References

1. Schenk, David H. (April 30, 2014). "Freedmen with Firearms: White Terrorism and Black Disarmament During Reconstruction". Journal of the Civil War Era (Gettysburg College).
2. Butchart, Ronald E. "Black hope, white power: emancipation, reconstruction and the legacy of unequal schooling in the US South, 1861–1880." Paedagogica historica 46.1-2 (2010): 33-50.
3. Cole, Juan (January 15, 2011). "White Terrorism". Arab American News.
4. Butler, Anthea. "Shooters of color are called ‘terrorists’ and ‘thugs.’ Why are white shooters called ‘mentally ill’?". Washington Post. Retrieved 10 March 2016.
5. Derek Hunter (11 January 2016). "Hillary: 'White Terrorism' And 'Police Violence' Are Just As Big A Threat As ISIS [VIDEO] - The Daily Caller". The Daily Caller.
6. "BBC NEWS - Programmes - Correspondent - Kenya: White Terror".
7. Youtube presentation of White Terror BBC News programme https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Skg3YHjCL4