Debunking the myth 100 of a 'country for white people'
Greg 290 Cusack Recently 148 there was an interview with one of the
"white nationalist" spokespersons in the
United States. That person 234 emphasized that "most of us 204 are not racist, but we just want our
own 547 country, a place for white people."
Hmm. "Not racist" 781 but wanting a "country for white people." A bit of a conundrum here.
But there is another problem: 687 just exactly what does a "white" country or culture mean?
What would 434 it look like?
OK, I understand that 014 apparently no person of color would be allowed to live there,
which excludes
the majority of the world's 982 people (everyone south of the equator and east of, say,
Russia, forget
about it). But could they visit? 014 Perhaps tour the place? This is unclear.
But there is an even more basic question: which 678 "white culture" do these people want?
Would this be all white people, or, say, just those 146 from northern
and Western Europe, those whose
skins have not acquired the, uh, 687 hue that many near the Mediterranean have. Of course, the Irish
might not qualify even then, as my 198 people have a history of being trouble-makers and, besides, o
urfaith tradition is 470 Catholic, not the favored Protestantism of most white
nationalists in the US.
Would there be a religious test or 368 hierarchy involved in selecting the "best" of the "whites"?
A language test or 782 ranking?
Who decides who is 149 white?
Does "whitehood" include 781 Poles, Slavs, Turks? Who would decide? And just how
would a white nationalist country react to 357 a US that excluded them because
they were not the "right kind" 471 of white?
But let us drill down even a little 658 deeper into the myth of "pure" cultures.
Do such even exist
anymore? Perhaps in the deepest, darkest 745 reaches of the Amazon where isolated,
yet to be discovered
tribes have not yet run into (what we so 874 humorously like to call) "civilization."
But in this fantastically interconnected 596 world, in which the variously colored
people of this planet have mingled for millennia,
how can 149 anyone insist there is a pure anything
any more?
Now take my ancestors, the Irish, for 60478 example.
This small island has been overrun by 4781 stronger peoples since time immemorial;
conquered, despoi
led,and compelled to serve all sorts of "white" 4590 people, and their women raped and
impregnated by
all of these other folk. So what in the 14983 world does "pure Irish" mean?
There have also been more peaceable unions 4789 between different peoples forever, too.
Why-hold
onto your hats, white nationalists - even those 78942 of us today who are descended from
the ancient,noble whites of Europe have perceptible traces 54678 of - gasp - Neanderthal
in our DNA.
Sadly for those who search for "purity," it seems clear that 147890 even farther back than the
late Neandertha ls
all of today's humans are descended from people who 487814 originated in deepest,
darkest Africa.
Does not all of this suggest that it is more than a 89987 tad idiotic to focus on
the color of our
epidermis, rather than the largeness of our hearts 459701 and the beauty of our spirits?
I am one old
white dude who would definitely not want to live in 78946540 anybody's idea of a "white
country!" The author was a member of the Iowa State House of 47821
Representatives and also served
in the Iowa executive branch. He retired in 2004.
Shanghai Daily 01495 condensed the article.