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Let them take an Ancestry test. It will be fun.

There’s nothing wrong with being proud of your heritage, but you shouldn’t have to hate another to do it.

As a European it's weird to see Americans spinning their version on our heritage.

This isnt a church

This is not the "last whites-only church" if anything this is the only one that is open about it.

There are some people in the comments saying “but we have Black churches!! What’s wrong !??” Black churches are called like that because most people who attend it are black, not because it’s exclusively black

"we are a totally peaceful racist group"

misheard "race purity" as "race parody" and that actually seems spot on

“do i look like a white supremacist to you?” yes pat, yes you do.

They act like northern Europe doesn’t exist. Like they’re trying to “preserve” a culture that isn’t endangered or native to the region at all.

"In 1000 years I want everyone to be blonde with blue eyes." Did he take that quote straight from Mein Kampf?

I’d love to see these guys’ reactions to having their DNA analysed to see how their truth tallies with reality

As an actual Nordic person it was kinda hilarious how that lady was talking about preserving her "heritage" or "culture" or whatever when I highly doubt she's ever even been here or grew up in any such thing. Felt to me like they're doing some sort of a LARP more than anything

I dont really know if sending a black female reporter is the best option here. I feel like if they would’ve sent a white male, the answers would be more straight to the point and clearer. But maybe thats just me

I swear the sent a black reporter on purpose😂

I wonder where they draw the line. Are southern Italians "white" enough? Greeks? People from the Balkans? Armenians?

I can’t stand that they blur their faces. They are active church members and the fact they don’t want their faces shown shows you that they know what they are doing is wrong

"I don''t know why a person would be coming to a church for politics" oh honey

Calling this a "church" is extremely and deliberately dishonest.

in that community picture, they had a picture of Marvel's Odin 🤣🤣🤣 obviously every serious religious group worship the Marvel cinematic universe

She asked so many straightforward questions and got such horrible vague answers every time

“do I look like a white supremacist to you??” I mean, lowkey yeah

This isn't a church, this is a social club!

Asatru isn't a church. It's a neo-pagan revival movement based upon the native Nordic, or more specifically Icelandic, folk religion.

Well, there are plenty of black churches around, but the difference is I've never seen a black church turn anyone away because of color because anybody can be a member if they choose to.

As the Scandinavian I am, I am disgusted by these people and how they portray my culture I swear we are not like this. How dare he wear Mjølner around his neck. Heritage is not only genetics (which they probably dont even have) but its also culture which they do NOT have. I apologize on their behalf and im sorry for the people who has to deal with this.

I bet like half the church is not primarily Northern European.

When I was 17, my Dad wanted to go to a holiday event with the Asatru Folk Assembly. I never felt so uncomfortable being there because I am half Turkish.

"I don't know why people would be coming to a church for politics." Every church I have been to in the past has always been political and always brought up politics and how you should vote.

Maybe this is America's only last official whites-only church. The unofficial ones are rampant, however.

this is common in india where entry into temples is often based on race.

I'm glad people like Topher can celebrate their heritage and encourage others to do the same, while also appreciating the heritage and culture of others. Celebration is beautiful, and it absolutely does not require belittling, shaming, or in any other way putting down anyone else. It's important that groups like the Asatru Community proudly announce and promote inclusivity, because of the rocky histories and shady ties that so often go unannounced. Complacency is complicity.

As a white finnish woman I wanna say that our culture isn’t something that needs to be protected in this way. This is an embarrasment and those people most likely don’t even fully understand their hertitage. My culture isn’t about whiteness, blond hair and blue eyes, it’s rooted in something completely else.

Anyone that belives this is the "last whites-only church" has never been to the rural South.

The president guy Tofar is so lovely. Seems like a genuinely kind man.

Remember: Culture is a gift that you offer others, not a club that you use to injure.

When will people understand you can preserve your culture and heritage without the need to exclude others.

See how explaining your religion to people without being racist is a lot easier if you're actually not racist, while the guy explainig the rally thing he was clearly having a hard time explaining his religion without sounding racist

0:20 don't most African Americans also have Northern European heritage? I suppose being English doesn't count. I'm Danish, but mostly mixed European, but you can be "non-white" & still have Northern European heritage

The most ridiculous thing about the AFA is that no ancient Germanic societies based inclusion or exclusion on notions of race or ethnicity, and in the case of legitimate, genuinely exclusive secret societies and ecstatic warrior cults, admission was based solely on three things: battle prowess, wisdom/virtue, and a propensity for intoxicating ecstatic experiences that was genetically inherited by so-called berserkers. Within the genuine elite and secret societies of the ancient Germanic world, admission was based purely on personal merit, while in the surrounding parent society, slaves and freemen alike were often of non-Germanic stock due to population migrations, wars, and trade routes. So although admission into these secret Odinic cults probably had some genetic basis to it, these people probably made up less than one percent of the broader Germanic speaking world, and even then, we're talking about specific genetic predispositions toward certain mentalities, religious experiences, and things like physical fitness, rather than "race." But you still had to do something with what you were born with and prove yourself to be allowed in -- you couldn't just say "yeah my dad is so and so, so let me in." You certainly couldn't be let in just for looking a certain way while doing nothing of worth and being a lazy, arrogant fool. Meanwhile, almost all of the people in this video have at least some Celtic ancestry from Ireland, Scotland, and England -- maybe even the majority of their ancestry is this rather than Germanic, in fact. They'll come from areas originally very heavily inhabited by the Scotch-Irish, or the WASPs, and then focus solely on that eight percent of their DNA from Norway as a means of justifying their obnoxious LARPing. What's even worse is that, even if they were by some miracle to have nothing but ancestors of Germanic ancestry, with no Celtic or Italic or Slavic influence, etc., they'll still focus on that eight percent from Norway rather than take a broader look at their Germanic ancestry as a whole, not understanding that there are probably no particularly important genetic markers that distinguish their Norwegian ancestors from their German or Anglo-Saxon or Dutch ancestors; they will likely then talk about worshipping "Odin" and traditional Norse clothes and learning phrases in Old Norse, meanwhile totally oblivious to the existence of Wotan or Woden, traditional Anglo-Saxon or Frisian or Frankish clothes, with no interest in learning phrases in Old Frankish, Old Low German, or Old English.

"white culture and nationality is something worth fighting for" literally who are you fighting

Not all religious groups in America are protected. So the fact that this “white only church” is allowed to be is horrid.

My problem is that it devolves into hate. You don’t put down others just to lift yourself up and that’s for anyone.

The Host is amazing. She's showing so much patience for that nonsense

They completely contradict themselves when one person says it is just a religion and not politics, but another says they encourage their people to get involved in politics. And if that woman truly believes religion and politics are separate, she is lying to herself. It has always been a huge part of politics. This host did a wonderful job, I can't imagine how she could have felt.

I appreciate her direct approach to the interviews but I can’t imagine how unsettling it must have been to stand in front of people who consider her as being less than. Great journalist!

Here are transliterations for runic texts in the video: 6:12 - “Jason Gallagher AFA folk builder” 12:22 - “A curse on the AFA and their teple” (sic) The runes are from the Elder Futhark alphabet, which was originally used to write Proto-Norse and Old Norse. Nowadays, people often use it to spell out their own language (e.g. English) letter by letter, but the runes were originally sounded out phonetically in a fairly predictable way (as with Spanish or Finnish). For example, if a literate Viking were to see the word ᚲᚢᚱᛊᛖ (kurse), they would likely pronounce it as something like “KOOR-say” with a rolled “r”, and ᛃᚨᛊᛟᚾ (Jason) would be “YAH-sohn”. I don’t think it’s wrong for people to use the runes letter by letter, just thought I’d throw in a bit of background info.

It's really fascinating how radically different different branches of the same religion can be!

As a European, it makes me SO uncomfortable to see aspects of my culture and history be used like that to exclude other people and in such a disgusting way. You know, I love history, folklore etc - but not like this! Gross.

They should get a latin person that has blonde hair and blue eyes and european decent but that doesnt speak that much english and see if they let him join. Itd be interesting

1:15 you KNOW if it was the other way around, it would be celebrated, not called foul. Such a double standard....

Honestly I was scared for her. I think she was brave for putting herself around those people. It kind of gave me a Get Out vibe.

As a genealogist, I'm 100% positive that if I dug into some of these people's ancestry, I wouldn't find only "northern European". I'm white and I know how much white people love to hyper-focus on one of their ancestral lines while ignoring the others - and not necessarily on purpose. White Americans just tend to not know their full ancestry- if they're born to a father with the surname Anderson they'll think they're 100% Scandinavian even though their mother's family came from Italy. You wouldn't believe how many people don't realize that their mothers and grandmothers had maiden names...

I always find these groups in our country kind of funny, the moment they mention that they’re all supposed to be of Northern European descent, you’re automatically going to find people from southern Europe, without failure. These people pride themselves on false realities

I noticed that people were using “heathen” as a term for non-Christian folk religion. Is that the appropriate term to use? Is Asatru different than a pagan religion?

I'm a norse pagan. Most of us do not support racism or the AFA. Anyone can worship the gods.

To the people congratulating her for dealing with racism so professionally don’t seem to understand that she has had her whole life to practice.

Native American would've liked to preserve their own culture and land, but manifest destiny disagrees.

What about all other ethnic religions?

I like the part where she struggles with herself to tell the truth after she’s blatantly lied and said they don’t partake in white supremacist behavior despite explicitly denying people access based directly on their race 💀

Pat's reason for complicity is stunning: He infers that he doesn't want to be on the wrong side of white supremacist if there is a race war. If you are not willing to stand against such despicable behavior, you are directly complicit in it's crime. I am European American, and Pat looks like like a racist to me. The Vikings intermarried with people on all of their trade routes, including North Africa.

So presumably it may require the RGB value of the face to enter the venue. I think they need some guideline which includes the range of the color value. The RGB decimal of the colour would be 255, 255, 255, however, realistically there needs some boundary to divide the colors. Panton has the technology to address it.

bros stomach turned when she walked into the church😭

It's not a church. Heathens don't have churches. Misleading title

One can "look like a racist" not only by their skin colour. Words are powerful! Thank you for staring this issue right in the face.

I don't agree with these people or what they stand for at all to be clear, but I find the woman who speaks at 1:11 troubling. If you changed what she said to any other race, it would be incredibly offensive, even if it was true. If she said "The vast majority are black men. Who are fragile, weak, and need a sense of purpose and they find that in that they can say they celebrate their blackness. It's foul, it's disgusting" she would be canceled immediately. Even if she was completely correct about the individuals at hand.

I love how dude at the end said he just doesnt understand how you could tell someone not worship with you. I dont believe in religion but to me thats what all religions should be about is welcoming and embracing anyone who wants to be a part of your faith

Just because someone says "I'm not a racist!" doesn't mean they are not. Their actions/and the way you treat other people that are not the same race as you determines that!

Based off the logic of this church, if you're black person who has Norse ancestry, you're not allowed to be part of the church, but if you're a white person with ancestry exclusively from Southern Europe, you're allowed in Does anyone else see the contradiction in this? This definitely seems like a racism issue rather than an "preserving heritage" issue

Title is very misleading, as the description church does not fit neo-pagan religious congregations. You wouldn't call a synagogue or a mosque congregation or a buddhist temple a church.

"I will fight for my race" SIT DOWN, GREAT VALUE TEETER HANGUPS GUY

Props to this journalist. Her self control and professionalism needs to be recognized. Thank you for bringing light that these things are still going onnnn.

White supremacist are so attached to Viking supposed purity, but we know for a fact that these Vikings mixed themselves with people all around the world , they discovered new lands ( and new women) way before the Portuguese for example.

Which Synagogue is this?

Amudalat did such an amazing job in all these interviews. It must have been SO hard and effected her after. It’s important for us to all know these stories, I hope she’s okay though. Much love, Amudalat!!!

As a Nordic person I feel extremely uncomfortable seeing MY heritage being used like this. It disgusts me.

If they were true Norse Pagans, they wouldn't be practicing in a church and it wouldn't be every sunday

How many black only churches are there?

Uh. While i agree we should all celebrate and be glad of who we are, it also applies to EVERYONE else too! ♥️

I love how she shows that there is still people with Nordic beliefs that don’t support white supremacy

Growing up, I was raised with very strong anti-racist parents. My dad chose to settle in and raise his family in my home town, in part because it was one of the most integrated city in the US in 1968. When I was a little kid, I didn't understand the racially segregated neighborhoods I saw on TV or heard about in school. To me it was something that was in the past, not something that was around now (in the 70's and 80's) I had black neighbors and black friends. I was invited by one of my black friends to attend his church. He was Baptist and even though I was the only white person there I saw nothing but welcoming warmth from everyone. It was shocking because I came from a very reverent Mormon church where things were subdued and calm. Frankly, I loved his church because it was fun. Even now, I still love black gospel music even though I'm atheist now. I just can't imagine living life without a racially diverse friend group. I also believe that this country will never be free until we realize King's Dream. When a man is judged by the character of his heart and not the color of his skin. When children can play together without considering the color of their skin. People who talk about racial purity are forgetting, there is just one race. Humans.

"do i look like a white supremacies to you?" - yes.

As wrong as this all is they have the right to do it.. it’s gross but they are protected by saying they are a religion

Let’s all admire how brave she is. Not only that but she’s so professional even when dealing when racists. I am frustrated just watching this.

I grew up in American but my mom is from Iceland, I've always been very connected to that side of my family. And occasionally I've met people like this, that are a little too excited when they find out you're "Scandinavian" and it's so uncomfortable. I can't even imagine what it's like for a person of color. It's just gross.

Unfortunately I feel like preserving heritage/culture will always have racist/exclusionary undertones. The people of the world were separated by industrialization so “heritage/culture” was always practiced by one group. Unless you want to redefine celebrating heritage/culture as not being a specific race/nationality things (ie someone can be chinese but is ethnically white). I think this is an interesting topic because I know as a native Filipino (and who’s generally surrounded by other immigrants) living in the states there’s tension between first gen and second gen. It’s not bad but first gens always talk about how “white-washed” second gens are. Then there’s just dismissive comments made by first gens if a second gen doesn’t know how to speak the language. I think this is an acceptance issue, so once we’re comfortable of including other heritages to help practice a certain culture it’ll always be hard. I’m not a sociologist btw, but these are what I noticed and my 2 cents.

Are we going to pretend there isn't obviously Black Only Churches?

You can preserve culture without exclusion. If Black churches, Mexican cathedrals, and Indian temples can do this as minorities, White ppl can do it as a majority for sure. Sounds like they are just grasping at straws to claim they have a bunch of culture and are victims or something

"blonde hair, blue eyes" are not tradition 😭😭 its a genetic phenotype (in which anyone can get regardless of ethnicity)

"Heritage" is as much of a construct as "religion" is. There is nothing inherently true or right about it. There is nothing to be "proud" of, there is no sacred justification or classification. We fool ourselves with our own creations.

6:10 that does not look Christian in any mean for me.

“Do I look like a white supremacist to you?” Why yes actually, you’re pretty much a dead ringer sir.

It’s not a church if people are being rejected

"We're not racist." Lady, you're the very definition of racism!

why would ppl want to be at a place where they do not belong ?..once they are not in other ppls way...violating their rights.

What really got me was the guy who said he wanted to preserve his heritage and he gave blue eyes/blonde hair as examples…heritage is about where your family is from…not your physical features…if I had a baby with a non-White man, our baby would still have both of our heritages, regardless of what our baby looked like…also, it’s hilarious that they allow non-Nordic ppl into the church that exclusively worships Nordic gods…the irony was not lost on me when they stressed how important the connection between their heritage and religion was…

I find it odd that a group looking to keep their ancient religion “pure” has incorporated Judeo-Christian aspects so deeply into their religious practices. Churches, Sunday services, preachers.. none of these things are pagan. The irony is astounding.

There are hundreds of black only churches. What’s the problem with this?

15:29 "i need more mead" 😂😂😂 that fits so perfectly lol