I’ve been following a comments thread over at Taki’s mag for the last 24 hours. The comments are well over 1000 now. The article the comments are for is written by a guy named John Derbyshire - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Derbyshire - whom I hadn’t heard of before reading the piece.
I found that the article challenged my own views on race, as are a lot of other things lately, too.
It seems to me that the word “racism” is hard to define.
If racism is the belief that a trait is “superior”, what does that even mean? Superior in what way and according to whom? What does it mean for a race to be superior to another? Does it mean that the people of that race are more intelligent? If so then why not just call it that? Or does it mean that a particular race has a better survival rate?
Yes, it means all those things and more, superior in terms of possessing more of all the characteristics and traits humans generally consider desirable, desirable in two senses, either as a means to an end, like wealth, power, status, survival, or as an end in itself. For example, I don’t think being tall aids one in surviving, except of course females tend to be attracted to tall males, being tall is something we tend to intrinsically prefer, regardless of whether it is advantageous or not, except if you are ridiculously tall. I’m sure it would have been advantageous in the wild, when men had to physically compete for females and resources, but in any case, being tall is intrinsically valued, where as being intelligent is extrinsically and intrinsically prefered. Fair skin, for some reason, tends to be prefered, particularly for females, even amongst darkies.
No race has a monopoly on superiority, but some races are more superior in more ways than others, for example, Europeans are superior to Indians, we’re wealthier, stronger, smarter, more educated, taller, whiter, more individualistic and we have more personality, on average. The only advantage is their numbers, but time will tell whether this ends up being advantageous or not, quality over quantity, is what I say, rabbits breed more than foxes, but foxes are superior in virtually every other aspect, and who is having whom, for dinner?
You liberals make things more complicated than they are, in order to keep your religion of egalitarianism. Race and superiority are simple, whites and some east asians are superior in many/most ways.
Racism is merely inequal preference and discrimination for one’s own tribal ethnicity according to history or nation. Why others see it as “wrong” or “evil” is beyond me.
What is so “wrong” with discrimination?
Nobody seems to want to stop wealth or economical discrimination for instance. Haha!
All other forms of discrimination seems only natural and accepted practice in this world.
Even though I make it no secret to have more of a preference for my own ethnicity where I wish to preserve it’s culture and traditions I do not embrace supremacism in that no one culture or race is more superior to the next.
I only wish to preserve cultural identity and racial diversity.
If that makes me a racist than so be it.
I do try to respect other cultures and racial ethnicities but that respect must be mutual especially with the targeted ethnicity these days of caucasian peoples who are filled with much animosity towards.
In that case, I am both racist and a ‘racialist’, I believe my race is superior, and I prefer to be with my own, although I have had friends from all races. I too want to preserve my heritage and race, as it is facing extinction, and I think we should live and let live, as much as this is possible, I do not want to exterminate other races, I just want to stop immigration. I think zionists, and perhaps all Jews, should be deported to Israel, the rest of the races who are already here, should be allowed to stay, as I feel Jews are the only race who pose a significant threat to my people, or they should have to wear a David star on their foreheads at all times, so they cannot conceal their identities, like their superheros, batman and superman.
And by heritage, I mean the religions of Christianity, Satanism and european polytheism, I think all 3 of these religions should be taught together in schools, and they should be reconciled somehow, with each other and with our science and philosophy.
I used to be vehemiantly anti-racist as a child, i’ve mellowed partly because of the futility (same as with my former pacifism) of it.
Racial slurs used to anger me greatly and make me uncomfotable, but through recent years I realized how stupid it is that people even get worked up over them.
The slurs only have power so long as you see them as Taboo, once you don’t racial slurs seem as about as hurtful as someone calling you a “butthead”.
I still am opposed to it, but not in the sense that it will ever be “gone”.
I’m not intent on “destroying” certain Races, to me the mixing of people is not destruction, its simply a change the culture would only be destroyed if all knowledge of the past both within the mind and within books etc. were lost.
Also most of the “Races” people are proud of being in were probably once a set of differant “Races”. No country is free from this truth, some are just newer and easier to recall, the idea of European or (white) unity is newer than Cosmopolitanism and Both have opponents that advocate more Tribalistic perceptions.
I’ve always said if the KKK and other White supremecist groups accomplished their goal of ridding “their lands” of “Blacks” and “theJews”, within a short amount of time they’d be after Scots, Irishmen, Poles etc…
eitd, I don’t know if you were referring to me when you said “you liberals”, but if you were you’re way off. The writer of that article wrote for the National Review and they’ve sacked him because of the piece. It’s caused quite a stir.
The only thing I’ve gathered so far from this thread is that “superior” is in the eyes of the beholder. Im really interested in getting a better handle on it than that.
Walker I agree with what you said about discrimination, to an extent. The reality is that everyone discriminates, whether they want to be aware of it or not. PC dictates that these days, racism has become the new version of sin, and most people, when discussing race, are actually religious about it, ie. they don’t use logic.
The propaganda against those who embrace race and ethnicity in a traditional manner is an emotional one not logical.
Modern cosmopolitanism of the politically correct variety is solely a utopic form of global socialism. According to it’s utopic multiculturalism any sort of division or discrimination is akin to “evil”. Such emotionally based perceptions revolve around utopic variations of global ethnic equality.
Of course none of that logical as it is all arguments built upon particular emotions.
Since culture and ethnicities are groups like anything else with human beings it makes sense to say they are competitive towards each other. There is nothing equal about competition.
Moron, is it in the eyes of the beholder that the white race nearly exterminated native Americans? Now that’s what I call objective superiority, Is it subjective that your average Dutchmen, will score 40 points higher on an IQ test than an Australian Aborignee, and is taller, stronger, and who’s ancestors raped their ancestors?
It seems so odd to me that an Anarchist and a philosopher wouldn’t hold more cosmopolitan views, then again I guess compared to White Supremecists and Ultranationalist , you do hold more cosmopolitan views.
Perhaps the general publics misusing the term (as they often do).
The same way they misuse, Myth, Stoic, Fascism, Imperialism etc etc.
A promotion of complete tolerance and multicuturalism doesn’t necessarily translate to cosmopolitanisim.
I’m not quite sure why you’re getting upset with me. Based on your logic, then, as the percentage of US citizens who are white has decreased over the last 100 years, does this mean other races are superior to the white race there?
What I’m trying to get at is that “superiority” isn’t as simple as it looks. It hasn’t got the white race anywhere having a higher IQ as their numbers are dwindling. So what does it mean to be superior? I urge you to keep a more open mind when you respond. I haven’t made any sort of statement about my own views as they’re still in the making on this subject. Please don’t jump to conclusions.