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GTFOH: Writer Says White Europeans Have Run More Stable Societies Than Any Other Group

May 16th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian
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Source: Theblaze.com

I’m starting to think John Derbyshire just likes to say stupid stuff to get a reaction because if he really believes the things he says, we’re in trouble.

The former National Review writer was already fired from that gig when he wrote a piece on what white parents should tell their kids about black people. Unsurprisingly, he’s found a new home on VDare.com, an anti-immigration and multiculturalism site that is considered to be a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Society, and on that site he took time out of his second round of chemotherapy treatment to write a rather startling article titled, “Who are We–’The Dissident Right?’” in which he essentially seeks to clear up white supremacy’s bad name. He wrote:

“Leaving aside the intended malice, I actually think ‘White Supremacist’ is not bad semantically … White supremacy, in the sense of a society in which key decisions are made by white Europeans, is one of the better arrangements History has come up with. There have of course been some blots on the record, but I don’t see how it can be denied that net-net, white Europeans have made a better job of running fair and stable societies than has any other group.”

Fair and stable, just a few blots on the record? Okay John. What’s crazy is I’m sure he really does believe what he’s saying—and wants to get a reaction—because his reasoning is not unlike that of the early European settlers who had to colonize all of us savage animals who were running around uncivilized until they came along. I’m curious though, what the British-American thinks about the current state of affairs because America isn’t doing so hot in the aftermath of the glory days when white Europeans were running things. Oh wait, I forgot. We have a black president now. That must be why things are so effed up. Sorry.

What do you think about John’s words?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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Columnist Fired For Article On What White Parents Should Tell Kids About Blacks

April 9th, 2012 - By Brande Victorian
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Another shock-jock columnist has bitten the dust for his attempt at being cleverly controversial with just a hint of racial prejudice.

Over the weekend, the National Review fired John Derbyshire for his online article, “The Talk: Nonblack Version,” which was written for right-wing publication, Taki’s Magazine, as a response to the conversations black people are having with their children as a result of Trayvon Martin’s killing. The columnist wrote a list of things white parents should be telling their kids about black people, and as you can probably guess, it’s quite off the cuff.

The article has been taken down in it’s entirety since this morning, but a few gems from the authors list of talking points lives on in other reports, including:

  • You will observe that the means — the averages — of many traits are very different for black and white Americans, as has been confirmed by methodical inquiries in the human sciences.
  • While black-on-black behavior is more antisocial in the average than is white-on-white behavior, average black-on-white behavior is a degree more antisocial yet.
  •  Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally.
  •  Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods.
  • If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with blacks on that date (neglect of that one got me the closest I have ever gotten to death by gunshot).
  • Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of blacks.
  • If you are at some public event at which the number of blacks suddenly swells, leave as quickly as possible.
  • Do not settle in a district or municipality run by black politicians.
  • Before voting for a black politician, scrutinize his/her character.
  • Do not act the Good Samaritan to blacks in apparent distress, e.g., on the highway.
  • If accosted by a strange black in the street, smile and say something polite but keep moving.
  • The mean intelligence of blacks is much lower than for whites.

One could argue that black parents are telling their children the exact same thing about white people, and that both sides even have a point, but the thing is we’re not spouting this “advice” off as fact in national online publications or  making these claims to distract focus on the real matter at hand. When a black man kills a white guy for simply looking suspicious in his neighborhood and doesn’t go to jail for it (on top of hundreds of years of racial oppression), then white people can start having these sorts of “talks.” Oh wait, that will never happen.

Mike Lowry, the editor of National Review, explained John’s firing in response to the article, saying:

“We never would have published it, but the main reason that people noticed it is that it is by a National Review writer. Derb is effectively using our name to get more oxygen for views with which we’d never associate ourselves otherwise. So there has to be a parting of the ways. Derb has long danced around the line on these issues, but this column is so outlandish it constitutes a kind of letter of resignation.”

Unfortunately someone else will probably give him a job in no time.

What do you think about John Derbyshire’s column?

Brande Victorian is a blogger and culture writer in New York City. Follower her on Twitter at @be_vic.

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