White supremacy falls under the ideology category of a racist and white supremacist political ideology that asserts the superiority of white people over other races. It supports the domination and maintenance of power and privilege by white people through cultural, social, political, historical, or institutional means. This ideology has roots in scientific racism and has been historically implemented through systems such as colonialism, segregation, apartheid, and systemic racism. It is also associated with related movements such as white nationalism, white separatism, neo-Nazism, and far-right extremism, all of which uphold beliefs in racial hierarchy and white dominance.
In academic and critical theory contexts, white supremacy is understood not only as overt racist beliefs but also as a social system that confers structural advantages (white privilege) to white people collectively, even where formal legal equality exists.
Hence, white supremacy broadly falls under the ideology categories of racism, white nationalist extremism, and far-right supremacist political movements.
