Am I Racist?

An Excerpt from the Introduction of "Celebrating Whiteness" that seemed relevant to recent events

Excerpt:

Unfortunately, even well-meaning efforts such as this will be met with incredulous skepticism and unhinged hostility. Nowadays, anything seen as honoring (or merely not dishonoring) White identity and White people is all-too-often accused of “racism”—often before the accuser even has the slightest idea of what the thing he is criticizing even is. Contrary to anti-White prejudice, however, White identitarianism is not racism; Whites merely being racially conscious or proud of their race or worried about the continued survival of their race does not constitute “racism” in any meaningful sense of the word. Given the explicit racial orientation of White identitarianism, however, many “anti-racists” are inclined to label White identitarians as “racists”—even though “anti-racists” hypocritically withhold the “racist” label from Black identitarians and other Non-White identitarians whose views and behaviors are no less oriented around race. However, this slur is both fallacious and disingenuous. If by “racist” one means racist in the colloquial sense, as in cruelty or meanness or a denial of basic respect and dignity toward individuals based solely on their race, then I can confidently say that I am not a racist, nor are most White identitarians. Ironically, when it comes to this colloquial conception of racism, the “anti-racists” who most readily and most frequently attack people for their supposed “racism” are extremely pro-racism in this regard (at least against White people). In this way, I assert that I am more anti-racist than the self-described “anti-racists” are; as are most of the White identitarians whom these “anti-racists” thoughtlessly and callously smear as “racist”. If, on the other hand, one uses the term “racism” merely to regard an “-ism”, or ideology, oriented around race, then I suppose I am technically racist (as is the “anti-racist”), but not in the sense the “anti-racist” means to deceitfully imply. If this latter conception of racism is all that “racism” is, then there is nothing morally wrong with “racism”. Yet many will no doubt use this innocuous conception of racism as a means of weaseling in accusations of the objectionable form of racism. This kind of deceitful name-calling is not reasonable, or civil, or honest. The presence of the innocuous form of racism does not necessarily imply the presence of the objectionable form of racism. So, for the sake of conceptual clarity, if by “racist” one means innocuous racism, then I am a racist. But it is vital for the sake of honesty and civility and clarity to not conflate these two meanings of racism, which can often be found in conflict with one another. Whether one chooses to refer to just one of these phenomena as “racist” or to them both as two different kinds of “racism”, it is important to not conflate these two distinct dispositions; they are not the same as one another and conflating them both muddies our thinking and does severe real-world damage to the reputations of innocent and honorable people. Those whose reputations are so maligned include not just those who are White but also those who are Non-White who are sympathetic to our plight and who are often the recipients of “anti-racist” racial slurs such as “Uncle Tom” or “the Black face of white supremacy”[17] and other disingenuous and mean-spirited rhetoric.

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Speaking at present:

In light of all the hostility, including racist hostility, increasingly inflicted upon my own people these past few years (especially in the past few weeks), I have grown more comfortable accepting the label of "racist". Following the deaths of Iryna Zarutska and Charlie Kirk, and seeing how the self-described "anti-racists" who call people like me "racist" have reacted to the racially charged murder of a White woman and to the politically driven assassination of a White conservative man with such appalling apathy, callousness, dishonesty, slander, gaslighting, deflection of blame, victim-blaming, cruelty, mean-spiritedness, and a sociopathic glee for violence as they indifferently ignore or malevolently celebrate the murder of people who look like me and who share some of my most heartfelt moral and political convictions, it is clear that these "anti-racists" will do nothing but think the worst of me no matter what I do. They will always hate me for my race, and they will hate me even more so for speaking up in defense of my race, no matter how honorably or considerately I may do so. Over the past few years, I have become far less concerned about the moral legitimacy of the "racist" slur; but seeing the unconscionable reaction of "anti-racists" to the cold-blooded murders of these two White people has only cemented in my mind just how illegitimate their "racist" slur truly is. I am no longer anxious to be seen in a negative light by people with such shamelessly despicable moral judgment, and am instead quite content to be insulted by them. If these immoral bastards see me as their enemy, then I must be on the right moral track. Thus, the label of "racist" with which these dishonest and malevolent bastards have been so quick to smear even the most well-meaning and decent people has no effect on me. When such evil people call me a "racist", I do not feel offended or indignant, nor anxious or ashamed; instead, I laugh at the gall of these despicable people to lay judgment upon me with such flagrant hypocrisy.

After all, what do you people mean by "racist"? If by "racist" you mean someone who is mean-spirited or callous toward the suffering of others of a different race, or who is ill-willed and malicious to inflict suffering upon them, or who is unwilling to judge people as individuals or acknowledge and respect their virtues simply because of their race, then, no, I am not a racist (though you people most certainly are). But if by "racist" you mean someone who is racially conscious and who cares about the well-being of his race while being wary of other races who might harm his own, then, yes, I am a racist, and I make no apology for it--just like every other race on Earth besides Whites makes no apology for their own (far more severe) racism against me and mine. If I'm gonna be called "racist" no matter what I do (even by people far more racist, and certainly far more villainous, than my conscience could ever bring myself to be), I figure that there is no need to stress. Instead, I might as well own the label and make it my own, redefining racism into something noble and worthy of respect, a label that I can have pride in, rather than anxiously fleeing from it to no avail.

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Wear Their Slurs Against You with Pride:

Being called a Racist by a Leftist is a Badge of Honor and Honesty

Honesty & Honor come with smears from the dishonest & dishonorable

These smears attest not to my vice but to my virtue

I receive these smears not with fear, resentment, or uncritical shame, but with stoic duty to endure the constant social costs that mark my commitment to a just cause.

As an aside, I apologize for the delay in posting new chapters and entries from my book.

I intend on releasing “Celebrating Whiteness” Chapter 4 Part I ““Diversity is Our Strength”: A Euphemism for White Genocide” in the next week or two.

Stay tuned, and stay safe out there.

Sincerely,

Acon Whitman