Post-Race?
Rebranding racism for mass consumption in post-race America
By: devona walker (follow this member)
Tue, 12/08/2009 - 21:45

In post-race America, life can get confusing. Fox News anchor Glenn Beck, of all people, calls President Barack Obama a racist. Teabaggers are contemplating whether they should mimmick Black Americans and embrace the term much like Blacks have embraced the N-word. And the below anti-health care ad is running in the largely black Washington D.C. media area.
Racism, much like laundry detergents, is ripe for rebranding, repackaging, and re-entry into the mainstream. In fact, it works so well that Jared Taylor, the founder of the white supremacist website American Renaissance, was recently booked to debate immigration at a Midwestern college. The kids in charge of the speakers series invited an immigration lawyer to present the liberal stance and Taylor represent the conservative stance.
“Undoubtedly the greatest threat to whites today comes from immigration. Racial preferences, guilt-mongering, anti-Western education, even anti-white violence are manageable problems compared to a process that is displacing whites and reducing them to a minority,” said Taylor. “With a change in thinking at the right levels, anti-white policies and double standards could be done away with practically overnight, but that would still leave us with nearly 100 million non-whites living in the country.”
The college speaking tour was fairly recent. But it’s not the first time Taylor, one of the most vocal advocates of white supremacy doctrine, has reared his head in the mainstream.
Under the guise of being a race relations expert, he was booked repeatedly on Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday by radio host who were unaware what he really was. Early that morning, he started at a Columbus, Ohio radio station. Within two hours, he was at another radio station in Orlando. An hour later, he was Huntingdon, W.VA. Each time, he was introduced as a race relations expert. During each presentation, he never once called King the N-word, instead he repeated the notion that King was a philanderer, a plagiarist and a drinker, that King’s legacy was racial division and resentment. And due to those reasons, he was not worthy of a national holiday.
Taylor, a Yale graduate, fluent in three languages, has no use for white sheets or para-military uniforms. He preaches racism through academia, pseudoscientific theories, genetic imprints and deliberately assassinating the character of any black person that ascends to greatness.
It’s not racism, it’s racialism, get it. He is not anti-Black, Latino, Jew or Gay, but pro-white Christian Americans concerned “their country” is heading in the wrong direction, worried about the rampant importation of poverty and crime via Mexico and South America, bewildered by crime and the apparent lack of morality in urban communities.
These folks have even adopted the grievance dynamic that minorities are more typically blamed for. They, in recruiting, say they are under seige. They are in danger. Their lives, way of living, daughters, and property are all at risk.
It’s very clever marketing and I fear will continue to be effective at needling its way into the dialogue of race, class and gender. His tactics are clearly already being mimmicked in the mainstream media and political discourse.
“Anyone who departs from racial orthodoxy will at some point have to contend with the charge of “racism.” “That’s a racist statement,” your opponent will say, in a tone that suggests he has just dropped a nuclear bomb, and for timid people — about 95 percent of whites — that ends the argument,” Taylor wrote in teaching other racists how to argue eloquently and deflect the racist label. “(It) is actually an advantage for us, because the people who make it have probably never seen it fail. You therefore have an opportunity to shock them by walking away from ground zero without a scratch. If you are in a radio debate, or some other forum in which you need to save time, deflect the “racism” charge in a light-hearted way by saying, “Come on, say something original.” No one ever expects that reply, and during the surprised pause that follows you can make a positive rather than defensive argument.”
It's always good to know what your enemies are up to.
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COMMENTS
I liked your article and found it well written. What I didn't find was any evidence for why Jared Taylor is wrong.
"White supremacist?" Jared Taylor is no such thing, any more than the participants in this website are "black supremacists" for being interested in news that affects blacks. Black people are going to have to wise up to the fact that they won't be able to push white people around for much longer, and they won't continue to have a monopoly on being allowed to say they are proud of who they are. White people have a right, just as much as everyone else does, to look out for their own interests.
You say it's good to know what your enemy is up to. Well I'm very glad to know that my enemy will continue to be so blatantly hypocritical. Your double standards will drive white people back to their senses.
Thank you.
Jeeze, what hypocrisy.
Why do you hate White people so much? Why is it wrong for White people to stand up for White people?
Why do we have a African-American Caucus and no White-Caucus in Congress?
Why do we have affirmative racism that discrimates based on color, and the goverment backs?
Who is the racist?
Why is it when someone points these things out like 2 + 2 = 4. That people get labeled as racist?
You say that Taylor is a character assassin of Blacks then use nothing but ad-hominem attacks to smear him. Ever heard of hypocrisy?
An entire article of name calling and baseless slander.
It must be terrible not to be able to refute your ideological opponent because what they're saying happens to be factually accurate.
Did anyone else noticed how the blogger never attempted to refute the actual substance of Jared Taylor’s views, but instead resorted to name-calling, such as saying that he’s a so-called white supremacist?
The blogger said that Jared Taylor “…[assassinates] the character of any black person that ascends to greatness.”
Apparently, this idiot doesn’t see her hypocrisy. She smears Jared Taylor with ad hominem attacks, never bothering to debate the substance of his views, then goes on to say that he is a character assassin of black people. Of course, she doesn’t provide any evidence that Jared Taylor is a character assassin of blacks, other than mentioning Taylor talking about the other side of Martin Luther King (all facts).
I almost want to get angry as this blogger. But I decided that is was more appropriate to laugh at her stupidity, because what some of these leftists say is so absurd that it’s a joke.
Okay. The problem here is you've called this dude a racist _and_ pointed out he doesn't care.
Now what?
I kept waiting for the part where you took his arguments apart. Still waiting...
Ms. Walker,
Regarding your article about 'rebranding racism': I found it interesting that you merely wrote down what Jared Taylor has said and described him without the usual malicious slander that liberal nitwits commonly use to try to win arguments without having to explain themselves. All a liberal must do is use code words like 'racist', 'Nazi' and so forth the opposition is usually silenced, thus allowing a liberal to not have to back up his/her argument with any reasoning or facts - mainly because reasoning or facts aren't on a liberal's side. You wrote a fairly unbiased description of Jared Taylor and his views and intended to allow a reader's moral stance to pass judgement. Fairly unbiased, but not completely. The tired, worn 'racist' label nevertheless crops up frequently and some misinformation is evident as well. For instance, American Renaissance is not a 'white supremacist' organization. Jared Taylor and AmRen do not seek to dominate other races, as the word 'supremacist' implies; they wish to be left alone without social and genetic interference by other races. You would do well to label AmRen as a 'white preservationist' organization.
Anyway, it seems that the reason why you weren't overly hostile in your illustration of Mr. Taylor and AmRen is that you recognize the facts about what he says being true, that MLK was not the saint he is portrayed to be in the mainstream media, that whites are really under siege (it would also do well for you to be more conscious of your spelling if you wanted to be truly taken seriously as a journalist, ie misspelling the words 'siege' and 'mimic'), that their way of life really is in danger. So instead of writing counter-arguments and any information to support your worldview, you merely present the opposing side and expect your readers to think 'that's bad because that's racist' without having to ask themselves why it's so bad. After all, that's what their TV says, too. Isn't it convenient that they don't need to think for themselves, because it's done for them by the mainstream media and people like you? That's what being a liberal is all about: following the herd unthinkingly and allowing one's morals to be dictated by the media masters. if you encounter people who don't agree, just shout them down and call them names. You see that that doesn't always work with everyone so you're going to count on riding the 'racist' train and depict the other side through the imposed lens of the mainstream moral code.
Not everyone however follows blindly the whims of 'journalists' like yourselves. When I read what you wrote about Jared Taylor, I found that what he says makes a lot of sense. Sorry, your 'racist' panhandling didn't work with me. I am fully aware that the charge of 'racism' is a weapon against whites to disenfranchise and marginalize them in a global communist conspiracy where third worlders will reap the benefits of civilization that they themselves could never create and maintain. Whites invented the comforts of life that you currently enjoy and that drives you crazy and so you're going to label a racially conscious white a 'racist' to bring him down. But this label really is getting old and more and more whites are waking up to the double standard of blacks enjoying racial cohesion and whites being denied this. This 'racist' whining soon won't mean much any more. People will soon be able to see the facts for themselves as you've presented them here in your article, unfiltered by the silly 'racism' morality that you have so heavily relied on. What will you do then?
Why don't you refute some of what Jared Taylor has said--show us where he's wrong--rather than dragging out the most exhausted, overworked and beaten-to-death word in the English language, "racist"?
You are so steeped in the typical self-pity and self-righteous indignation that is inculcated in American blacks from the cradle that you think your use of the r-word ends all arguments.
What IS racism, anyway? Why it's anything a White person does that a black doesn't like.
Well, are whites a legitimate category of people as deserving of recognition and rights as blacks, or not? Because as they head toward minority status, can we really cling to our current narrative, which holds that any white person who advocates for whites is a Klansman?
Awww what a shame, you no longer have your "Racism" silver bullet. Get use to it, things are only going to go down hill from here.
"These folks have even adopted the grievance dynamic that minorities are more typically blamed for. They, in recruiting, say they are under seige. They are in danger. Their lives, way of living, daughters, and property are all at risk."
I've been hit in the head with a stone, jumped in a bathroom, and targeted for attempted muggings. My brother has been beaten by a mob. My pregnant sister in law was chased down the street. My aunt was raped. My boss raped one of my colleagues. My house has been robbed. My mother's elderly neighbor has been murdered. One of the employees at my father's small business engaged in brazen embezzlement....
I am white. All of these things were done by blacks to whites I know. My experiences, for an urban white, are not atypical.
Yes, yes, you can go on about attacks you've read about in history books about horrible things that went on in the South. But I am not a Southerner.
You can cite this or that isolated attack. The stats who attacks whom, however, are on Taylor's side here.
What I'm saying is if you want to fight Mr. Taylor, you better adjust your arguments to account for the personal experiences of whites -- and yes, white liberals -- or you're going to have a hard time.
Seriously. What am I _supposed_ to think is going on?
*** white supremacist website American Renaissance***
I don't think you have properly read the site or, indeed, Taylor's views. Taylor clearly acknowledges psychometric evidence that consistently show East Asians (Japanese, Korean, Chinese descent) have a higher average IQ.
Also, regarding Jewish people there have been numerous Jewish speakers at Amren conferences.
I think a more accurate description of Amren would be white nationalist.
I happen to like Jared Taylor and Amren quite a bit. Jared presents links to the main stream articles... usually AP...and bloggers like yourself.... and those articles make the point for him... he really doesn't need to say much, the news speaks for him.
I notice you don't say much about the Grio. AA's much like jews have created an industry of race baiting... and compared side by side, Amren is much tamer than the grio.
Wonder why many whites don't care for blacks? Pick up the paper sometime.
Additionally, it takes a friend to make a friend... how have YOU been a friend to a white person today???
Ha. I see American Renaissance has re-posted my article. So I am really suppose to believe that all you AmRen reading, Jared Taylor followers just happened onto a ethnic media website. I don't have to refute Taylor nor do I have to prove he is a racist when all that he spews is racism -- pseudoscientific racism.
Everything Jared Taylor says about Martin Luther King is true. The guy was a whoremonger and abuser of women. He plagiarized his doctoral thesis, as well as the works of others. He was a hypocrite in clergical garb. You are angry because Jared Taylor has refused to pay homage to the false idol you black people have created for yourselves, and then shoved down the nation's throat.
You say Jared Taylor spews "psedoscientific racism" - yet you offer not one example of this. All you do is throw up the same tired cannaed of "racism".
Why shouldn't amren.com repost your words? We don't fear our opponents' opinions. The multicultural deathmarch forced on us without debate is what we fear. We want to know if you have any valid points to make. You don't refute Jared Taylor because you can't. If his opinions were "pseudoscientific" you'd have no trouble showing where he's wrong.
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