This narrative that positions the black man as a constant sexual threat is reiterated and manipulated in contemporary white supremacist discourse. The fact that discussion of interracial sexuality in this discourse pivots almost exclusively on this image reveals the staying power of this narrative and fear. [Ferber p 104]
The image of interracial sexuality between black men and white women is so powerful that it serves as a metaphjor throughout the discourse for not just all interracial sexuality, but all threats to the racial and gender order constructed and supported in the discourse . . . . This image is manipulated to not only rationalize violence against people of color but to justify white supremacy as natural and necessary. [Ferber p 104-5]
For white supremacists, interracial sexual relations between white women and black men are the ultimate affront to white male power.
Black males are defined as a threat to white women and therefore to white masculinity and the unrestricted access of white males to white women. White women are defined as innocent, frail, and passive, always in need of white male protection. It is white women who are at risk of being seduced into interracial sexual relationships. For example, a Thunderbolt article proclaims, "Let us warn our young White women of the great danger inherent in socializing with black males." There are no similar warnings for white men.
In white supremacist discourse, the battle over racial identity is fought over the bodies of white women.
