Morenazi (from Spanish moreno, meaning "having tanned or dark skin" and Nazi) or morenaryan are derogatory terms to describe non-white,[1] or more directly mixed race[1] and black neo-Nazis,[2] who show support or sympathy for Nazism, Nazi Germany, the personality cult of Adolf Hitler[2] and more directly white supremacism.[3]
Term
The term emerged after World War II, after the discourse of white racial purity managed to creep in with some nationalist movements critical of the republican democratic system in Latin America. Morenazis display the stereotypical ideals of the North American and European branches of neo-Nazism: racist discourses, specifically anti-Semitic,[4] of the racial superiority of whites,[4]conspiracy theories such as the persecution of whites, and the repudiation of non-white immigrants.
On December 1, 2022, American rapper Kanye West praised Adolf Hitler on InfoWars, saying "every human being has something of value that they brought to the table, especially Hitler", "I love Jewish people but I also love Nazis", "There's a lot of things that I love about Hitler; a lot of things", "I like Hitler", and "I am a Nazi".[5][6]
When confronted with social media scrutiny, some of these same morenazis have backtracked on their incongruous ideas, disbanded, and expressed that they will engage in self-reflection to correct their errors.[8]
Relationship with white neo-Nazism
For neo-Nazi groups in North America and Europe, morenazis are not part of neo-Nazism, since they are not considered white outside their countries of origin. The position of the racist portal Stormfront when consulted was:
The Israeli newspaper Enlace Judío, in Spanish, made a report called Los morenazis: con la suástica por dentro, about neo-Nazism in Mexico, where the interviewer of Jewish origin describes the morenazis as totally ignoring the issue of racism in white supremacist neo-Nazi circles:[9]
I tried to visualize that chubby, doe-eyed, dark skinned man on Aryan Propaganda posters or marching in the imposing military parades of the Third Reich (...) I wondered if the guy was unaware of the fact that Mexican immigrants were among the favorite victims of neo-Nazis in the United States.