e unim pluribus (Out of one many)

Howard Fezell, Editor www.SecondAmendment.net       

In the decades after first arriving in North America, European immigrants remained keenly aware of their group interests as Germans, Irish, Italians, Swedes, Poles, Greeks, etc.  That sense of group consciousness has largely been lost through assimilation.  Lost with it is the willingness to speak candidly about things affecting the quality of life for whites.  That willingness, and a healthy sense of racial consciousness, must be regained if whites are to survive as a race.

“I’m not prejudiced, but. . .”  How many times have you heard that phrase when the topic was race?  The speaker felt compelled to assure others that although his comments might be critical he was not prejudiced.  To be perceived as prejudiced against non-whites in a country where “all men are created equal” may not only result in social ostracism, it could end a career.  But, what is prejudice?  Merriam-Webster’s definition of the word includes “an adverse opinion or leaning formed without just grounds or before sufficient knowledge” and “an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics.”

For a person to be prejudiced his opinions or attitudes must not only be adverse, they must also be irrational or formed without sufficient knowledge.  But what about adverse opinions based upon facts or personal experience?

Statistics published by the U.S. Department of Justice reveal that, as a group, blacks commit murder, robbery rape, and aggravated assault at four to eight times the rate such crimes are committed by whites.  Latinos, as a group, commit these crimes at roughly three times the white rate.  Survival is the most basic instinct of all living things, and nothing could be more rational than not wanting to fall victim to a violent crime.  Whites are not prejudiced when they avoid living in neighborhoods where blacks or Latinos reside in significant numbers.  They are acting rationally.  “White flight” does not occur because racial integration has made neighborhoods safer or increased property values.

Any responsible parent is concerned about the quality of education available to his or her children.  Statistics published by the U.S. Department of Education reveal that the academic performance of black and Latino students, on average, lags well behind that of white and Asian students.  Black and Latino students also cause a disproportionate amount of disciplinary problems that not only disrupt the educational process but often create an unsafe environment that is not conducive to learning.  It is only natural for good parents to want their children to get a good education, and the decline of standards and discipline in urban schools that were integrated contributed to the exodus of whites from cities to the suburbs.  Whites are not prejudiced when they seek out schools with as few blacks and Latinos as possible.  They are acting rationally in trying to get their children a decent education in a safe environment. 

To “people of color”, however, prejudice is not limited to the irrational or preconceived judgments described in a dictionary.  Whites are routinely branded as prejudiced for failing to embrace racial integration and preferences.  Whites can also be publicly ridiculed merely for speaking the truth, if the truth happens to reflect poorly upon non-whites.  (Non-whites can criticize whites without any consequences.)   One such truth is that race does matter a great deal in whether one’s neighborhood will be a fit place to live or whether a school will be a safe environment conducive to learning.  

If refusing to embrace egalitarian myths will condemn whites to the margins of a multicultural society it is time for them to emancipate themselves from such a society.  Whites in North America must disassimilate, thinking of themselves not as citizens of the United States or Canada but as European Americans whose group interests as Caucasians come before loyalty to any flag or constitution.  Disassimilation does not mean acting with hostility towards people of other backgrounds, but simply “Looking out for #1.”  Being racially conscious is not racist.  It is just playing by the same rules non-Europeans have followed for generations.  Being racially conscious means caring about and giving first priority to the interests of people like yourself, just like the NAACP, Congressional Black Caucus, Congressional Hispanic Caucus, National Council of La Raza (Spanish for The Race), Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF), Anti-Defamation League (ADL), American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC), Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and the Arab American Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC).  Blacks, Latinos, Asians, and Semites (Arabs and Jews) have always understood that no society can be blind to race and have looked out for the interests of people like themselves.  They seek every group advantage possible while expecting whites to foolishly sacrifice their group interests for the sake of “equality” or “diversity.”  

European Americans must not be bashful about sticking together and asserting their own group interests since it is projected they will be just another minority in the United States by 2050.  Like blacks, Hispanics, Asians, and Semites, the first and most important question European Americans should always ask is, “Is it good for my race?”