{"id":104310,"date":"2016-08-26T10:45:38","date_gmt":"2016-08-26T18:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104310"},"modified":"2016-08-26T10:46:09","modified_gmt":"2016-08-26T18:46:09","slug":"the-races-are-not-equal-meet-the-alt-right-leader-in-clintons-campaign-ad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lukeford.net\/blog\/?p=104310","title":{"rendered":"‘The races are not equal’: meet the alt-right leader in Clinton’s campaign ad"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Guardian<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Jared Taylor was prominently featured in a Hillary Clinton campaign ad released ahead of her speech denouncing the \u201calt-right\u201d in Reno on Thursday and \u201cappreciates\u201d the Democratic presidential nominee for \u201ccalling attention to the message I have for America\u201d.<\/p>\n

The self-described \u201crace realist\u201d is unrepentant in embracing the label and expounding his views. He founded the alt-right American Renaissance website 25 years ago, which started as a print monthly to emphasize race as society\u2019s most \u201cprominent and divisive\u201d fault line, and that mainstream politics and media tries to \u201cgloss over\u201d the issue.<\/p>\n

Clinton has attacked Trump\u2019s associations with the alt-right, describing it as a \u201ca fringe element that has taken over the Republican party\u201d.<\/p>\n

Taylor said her speech was \u201ca typical lefty campaign ploy\u201d, and maintained Trump is not a part of the movement. \u201cIs Hillary Clinton responsible for the views of everyone who supports her?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n

Asked to define what the diffuse alt-right stands for, Taylor said there were \u201careas of disagreement\u201d, but that \u201cthe central element of the alt-right is the position it takes on race.\u201d<\/p>\n

That position, until recently, would have been clearly beyond the pale of presidential politics, and rejected by liberals and mainstream conservatives alike. Now, Taylor sees an opportunity to further proselytise his views. He does not think Trump is solely responsible for the alleged growth of the alt-right. But, \u201cit is encouraging because here we have a candidate for president who is saying some things that we have been saying for years\u201d.<\/p>\n

Principally, their common ground with Trump is on immigration policy \u2013 deportations, the repeal of birthright citizenship and Trump raising the \u201cquestion of why we need more Muslims in this country\u201d.<\/p>\n

For Taylor, and other members of the alt-right, race is an inescapable biological fact, which has consequences. \u201cThe races are not equal and equivalent. If a nation changes demographically, its society will change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

In her speech, Clinton cited the US Olympic team as an example of strength in diversity. Taylor uses it as an example of the different capacities and abilities of races. He argues that while black people are good athletes, whites and Asians have higher IQs, offering a form of the \u201cscientific racism\u201d that was widely discredited, and denounced by the UN after the second world war.<\/p>\n

\u201cRaces are different. Some races are better at some things than others\u201d, he said. <\/p>\n

Taylor also sees the racial separatism he strives for as a matter of \u201cfreedom of association\u201d, and denies that the alt-right is a hate movement, as Clinton has claimed.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf a white person says, \u2018I like being white, and I prefer my associates to be white\u2019, that\u2019s hate? Why?\u201d he said. \u201cIt should not be taboo to talk about these things.\u201d<\/p>\n

Political scientist George Hawley, who authored a book on the crisis of mainstream conservatism in the face of the challenge of the far right, said that until recently, mainstream conservatives were partly responsible for enforcing whatever taboos existed on this kind of open racial language and thinking.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe mainstream conservative movement has never wanted any kind of formal relationship with Taylor or his organisation. In fact, an association with American Renaissance could be damaging to a conservative\u2019s career.\u201d<\/p>\n

This enmity is mutual. Taylor said: \u201cMainstream conservatives have completely conceded the question of race, at the cost of their own political fortunes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor has been a presence on the racially motivated fringes of the right for more than a quarter of a century, following the founding of his New Century Foundation in 1990, and American Renaissance in 1991. In articles \u2013 many written by Taylor \u2013 at events and in podcasts, the website stresses white people are discriminated against, black people are inclined to crime and mainstream conservatives who deny these assertions this are culpable and headed for disaster.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Guardian: Jared Taylor was prominently featured in a Hillary Clinton campaign ad released ahead of her speech denouncing the \u201calt-right\u201d in Reno on Thursday and \u201cappreciates\u201d the Democratic presidential nominee for \u201ccalling attention to the message I have for … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[42720,185,29596],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alt-right","category-hillary-clinton","category-jared-taylor"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t