What We
Should Remember on Martin Luther King Day
by Edwin A. Locke, Ph.D.
In his "I Have a Dream" speech Dr. King said: "I have a dream that my four
children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the
color of their skin but by the content of their character."
The Destruction
of Martin Luther King's Dream of a Colorblind Society
by Onkar Ghate, Ph.D.
"It is no surprise that America is growing more racist, since the affirmative
action and multiculturalist programs are themselves based on racist premises."
The Pied Pipers
of Tribalism: The "Million Woman March" Should Have Promoted Individualism Not
Tribalism
by Gary Hull, Ph.D.
The Million Woman March's leaders called for a return to the primitive tribalism
of "African values."
The Racism of
Reparations
by Alex Epstein
In today's economy, much of the wealth is created by companies in the fields of
computers, communications, and biotech. If the reparations lawsuit is
successful, it will be these companies that pay--they have the most money.
The Christopher
Columbus Controversy: Western Civilization vs. Primitivism
by Michael Berliner
Underlying the political collectivism of the anti-Columbus crowd is a racist
view of human nature. The values of Western civilization are values for all men;
they cut across gender, ethnicity, and geography.
In Defense of
Martin Luther King III
by Larry Elder
"What's he really done in life?" A Montgomery civil rights worker posed this
question about Martin Luther King III -- the eldest son of legendary civil
rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.
South Africa After Apartheid:
Black Rule Alone is No Guarantee for Black Freedom
by Walter Williams
Colonial masters never committed anything near the murder and genocide seen
under black rule in Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Nigeria, Mozambique, Somalia and
other countries, where millions of blacks have been slaughtered in unspeakable
ways, which include: hacking to death, boiling in oil, setting on fire and
dismemberment.
The Los Angeles "Rodney King"
Riots: Ten Years Later
by Thomas Sowell
Why were the cops beating Rodney King? The politically correct answer is:
Because he was black. But so were the other men in the car with him, when he was
leading the police on a high-speed chase -- and none of these other black men
was beaten.
"Diversity" In India
by Thomas Sowell
Sri Lanka was one of the most peaceful nations
on earth before demagogues began hyping identity and demanding group preferences
and quotas in the 1950s.
Politically Correct Murder
and Media Bias
by Larry Elder
Never mind that where violent crime takes place between blacks and whites, the
cases overwhelmingly involve a black perpetrator and a white victim.
Black History Month
by Thomas Sowell (February 28, 2002)
What is called Black History Month might more accurately be called "the sins of
white people" month.
The Legacy of Slavery Hustle
by Walter Williams
I doubt whether the reparations gang could develop a coherent theory of the
generation-skipping effects of slavery. Vestiges and legacy of slavery arguments
are simply covers for another hustle similar to the $6 trillion dollar War on
Poverty hustle.
P.C. Racism vs.
Justice Thomas
by Larry Elder
Ebony, a monthly black magazine, puts out an annual list of the "100+ Most
Influential Black Americans." Supposedly the list neither excludes nor includes
based on the influential person's ideology. Supposedly.
Racism in
Congress: The Black Caucus
by Ron Pisaturo
Why do 38 Congressmen racially segregate themselves into the "Black Caucus,"
which shamelessly calls itself "the premier power group in the U.S. House of
Representatives"?
Cincinnati Under Siege:
Yawning at Black-On-White Violence
by Michelle Malkin
Cincinnati has been under siege since Monday, its downtown and surrounding
suburbs overrun by black demonstrators targeting innocent white bystanders and
businesses.
The Bankrupt Reparations
Movement
by Larry Elder
The reparations movement unmasks today's "black leadership" as negative,
pessimistic, and operating on an assumption of the powerlessness of blacks to
improve their own lives.
Civil Rights:
Rhetoric or Reality
by Todd Weiner
In his work, Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality, Mr. Sowell confronts the
"rhetoric" of the civil rights establishment and contrasts it with the "reality"
of American society and American law.
America's Field of Blackbirds
by Robert W. Tracinski
America's Field of the Blackbirds is slavery -- and the oppression it is being
used to justify is the current push for "reparations" for slavery.
Jesse Jackson's
"Civil" Rights Protection Racket
by Paul Craig Roberts
You have to hand it to civil-rights leaders. They have made a much better
business out of the protection racket than the old Mafia did. |
Reason vs. Racism opposes all forms of racism — including the racist actions
of the KKK and the Black Panthers, or the racist policies
of the advocates of "affirmative action." The mission of this site is
to promote a rational solution to racism: individualism and justice.
What is racism? Racism is a form of collectivism that holds that a man's
intellectual ideas and moral character are formed by his race—i.e., his
physiology, and ancestry—rather then by the content of their character—i.e.,
his choices and actions.
What is the racist's view of justice? Racism holds that one should be
judged not by ones character, but by the "color of ones skin", i.e.,
by the actions of all those people who are the same race as you.
What is the root of racism? Politically, racism
is a result of collectivism and statism. Psychologically, it is a result of the
racist's own inferiority complex—since he has no self-esteem or character, he
tries to gain it through his unchosen ancestry/race. Epistemologically, it is a
product of determinism.
What are racial quotas? Quotas, like those used in so-called
"affirmative action" programs, are a means of apportioning rewards,
not on merit, but on other criteria such as race. Racial quotas are a
mockery of justice. Affirmative action is racism.
Why do so-called "civil rights" leaders support quotas? Short
answer: Because they are racist, and it gives them political power. Long answer:
Their goal is not equal rights (freedom), but to build themselves a
political power base for the "group" they claim to
"represent".
Observe that the essential trait of today's race leaders is not their ideas,
but the color of their skin -- and their ability to lobby for political
pull.
Are race leaders chosen? Racism gives the race "leader" a
blank check to speak for everyone who is unlucky enough to be of the same race
as their "leader"—even for those members who do not espouse, or even
agree with, his views. For example Jesse Jackson claims to speak for Black
Americans who despise him and oppose his racist, egalitarian policies.
What is the solution to racism? The only solution to racism is the
doctrine of individualism and the ethics of justice. Individualism holds that
each man is a sovereign entity, who forms his own ideas and character by his own
thoughts and actions. Justice demands that one only deserves, what one has
rightly earned, by ones own character and actions.
Ayn Rand on Quotas
"The notion of racial quotas is so obviously an expression of racism that
no lengthy discussion is necessary. If a young man is barred from a school or a
job because the quota for his particular race has been filled, he is barred by
reason of his race. Telling him that those admitted are his 'representatives,'
is adding insult to injury. To demand such quotas in the name of fighting racial
discrimination, is an obscene mockery."
"... it is obvious that...a successful, self-made black businessman has
more interests in common with white businessmen than with a black
mugger..."
"...The quota doctrine assumes that all members of a given physiological
group are identical and interchangeable—not merely in the eyes of other
people, but in their own eyes and minds. Assuming a total merging of the self
with the group, the doctrine holds that it makes no difference to a man whether
he or his "representative" is admitted to a school, gets a job, or
makes a decision..."
(Read the full article on Quotas by purchasing Ayn Rand's
The Voice of Reason.)
Ayn Rand on the Solution to Racism
"There is only one antidote to racism: the philosophy of individualism and
its politico-economic corollary, laissez-faire capitalism.
Individualism regards man—every man—as an independent, sovereign entity who
possesses an inalienable right to his own life, a right derived from his nature
as a rational being. Individualism holds that a civilized society, or any form
of association, cooperation or peaceful co-existence among men, can be achieved
only on the basis of the recognition of individual rights-and that a group, as
such, has no rights other than the individual rights of its members."
Multiculturalism and
Diversity — The New Racism [ARI]
Multiculturalism is racism in a politically-correct guise. It holds that an
individual's identity and personal worth are determined by ethnic/racial
membership and that all cultures are of equal worth, regardless of their moral
views or how they treat people. This site features the following editorials:
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