Asatru Folk Assembly controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2010
White supremacist and hate-group allegations
The Southern Poverty Law Center, Anti-Defamation League, and other Heathen organizations have described the AFA as racist, white supremacist, or a hate group. The AFA presents itself as a religious organization rather than a political hate group.
1996
Kennewick Man controversy
The organization’s lawsuit opposing repatriation of Kennewick Man’s remains generated controversy because it relied on claims that the remains were Caucasian and reflected broader arguments about European ancestry in North America.
1990
Racial exclusion and metagenetics controversy
The AFA’s folkish doctrine and McNallen’s metagenetics theory have been criticized as racist and pseudoscientific because they connect religious legitimacy to racial ancestry.