The threat of White Supremacy and White Nationalism has been recognized as the greatest domestic threat to the United States. This violence is not only directed towards Black and Brown communities and religious minorities, but also towards our elected officials, as seen in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. Despite overwhelming evidence identifying White Supremacy as the greatest domestic threat, government agencies and law enforcement disproportionately target, surveil, and harrass Muslim Americans and Black and Brown communities under the flag of countering domestic extremism programs.
Following the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol in 2021, Emgage Action and MPAC authored a report to: Shift federal and law enforcement resources to tackle the real threat of domestic terrorism of White Supremacy; Address the double standards of terrorism prosecution; and Define how federal terrorism charges can prosecute White Supremacist domestic terrorism.
Further, Emgage Action advocates against the expansion of counterterrorism and extremism measures, including adding to the Foreign Terrorism Organizations list.