The Endless Fringe: White Nationalist Think Tanks and the “Dissident Right”

A bigots’ exercise in dialectic marginalization, hypocrisy, and FEAR.

By Justin Mitchell

Washington (VOR)– In our series the Endless Fringe, VOR has shown you the modern face of the Ku Klux Klan, the National Socialists, and the Christian Identity movement. Today, we bring you the world of white nationalist think tanks. Dedicated to something called “race realism,” these organizations claim to advocate for white America, while their critics say it’s the same old hate in a new package.

Today, the New Century Foundation is one of a handful of think tanks, magazines, and organizations that seek to provide a more rational-sounding, credible way to express the issues of what they see as a time of crisis for the white race. Critics say that while they may on the surface seem more urbane than the traditional, militant hate groups, the hate is the same.

VOR’s Justin Mitchell has more.

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Their subject is the annual conference for American Renaissance, an online journal dedicated to “race realism.” The man featured at 1:17 is Jared Taylor, its founder.

American Renaissance is the publication arm of the New Century Foundation.

New Century is one of several “white nationalist think tanks.” They are a relatively recent phenomenon in America’s far right. They are hard to pin down ideologically. There is none of the violent, insurrectionary rhetoric of the Ku Klux Klan or the National Socialists. They exist nominally above-ground. They claim not to want to harm anyone. Their spokespeople are often well-dressed and articulate. But they just might be the public face of a new, sublimated brand of white racism.

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