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Jared Taylor
Taylor in 2008
Born
Samuel Jared Taylor

(1951-09-15)September 15, 1951(age 72)
Kobe,Japan
EducationYale University(BA)
Sciences Po(MA)
OccupationEditorofAmerican Renaissance
Known for
Belief inscientific racism
TitlePresident of theNew Century Foundation
MovementWhite supremacy
PartnerEvelyn Rich[1]
Children2 daughters

Samuel Jared Taylor(born September 15, 1951) is an Americanwhite supremacist[2]and editor ofAmerican Renaissance,an online magazine espousing such opinions, which was founded by Taylor in 1990.

He is also the president ofAmerican Renaissance's parent organization,New Century Foundation,through which many of his books have been published. He is a former member of the advisory board ofThe Occidental Quarterlyand a former director of theNational Policy Institute,a Virginia-based white nationalist think tank.[3]He is also a board member and spokesperson of theCouncil of Conservative Citizens.[4][5]

Taylor and many of his affiliated organizations are accused of promotingracistideologies by civil rights groups, news media, and academics studying racism in the United States.[6][7][8][9]

Early life and education

Taylor was born on September 15, 1951, to Christianmissionaryparents fromVirginiainKobe,Japan.[10][11]He lived in Japan until he was 16 years old and attended Japanese schools up to the age of 12, becoming fluent inJapanese.[10]

He attendedYale University,where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy in 1973.[11]Taylor then spent three years in France and received a Master of Arts degree in international economics atSciences Poin 1978.[12]During a period that interrupted his undergraduate and later graduate college years, he worked and traveled extensively inWest Africa,improving his French in theFrancophone regionsof the continent.[10][11]Taylor is fluent in French, Japanese, and English.[11]

Career

Taylor worked as an international lending officer for theManufacturers Hanover Corporationfrom 1978 to 1981, and as West Coast editor ofPC Magazinefrom 1983 to 1988.[9][11]He has also taught Japanese at theHarvard Summer School,and worked as a courtroom translator.[13]

In the 1980s, at the time of the country's strong economic growth, Taylor was viewed as a "Japan expert" in the mainstream media. In 1983 he published a well-received book on Japanese culture and business customs entitledShadows of the Rising Sun: A Critical View of the Japanese Miracle.[14]While critical of certain aspects of Japanese culture, Taylor argued that Japanese society was more successful in solving social issues than the West, with lower crime rates and a similar or higher standard of living.[15]

Sometime in his early thirties, Taylor reassessed theliberalandcosmopolitanviewpoint commonly professed in his working environment, which he had himself shared until then.[11]He became deeply convinced that human beings are tribal in nature and feelings, and that they differ in talent, temperament and capacity.[16]In the mid-1980s, he developed an interest in the emerging fields ofevolutionary biologyandevolutionary psychology,especially in the controversial works ofRichard Lynn,J. Philippe RushtonandHelmuth Nyborg,[17]and came to believe that differences between human beings are largely of genetic origin, and therefore quasi-immutable.[16]All the social miracles of Japan, Taylor averred by 1991 under thepen nameSteven Howell, were at least partly a result of Japan's racial and cultural homogeneity.[18]

In November 1990, he founded and published the first issue ofAmerican Renaissance,awhite supremacist[2]subscription-based monthly newsletter.[16]He created theNew Century Foundationin 1994 to assist with the running ofAmerican Renaissance.[19]Many of the early articles were written by Taylor himself and were intended to put white racial advocacy on a higher intellectual level than the traditionalKlansman's or whiteskinhead's discourse that dominated the media at that time.[20]The journal ceased its print publication in 2012 to focus on a dailywebzineformat.[16]

In 1992, Taylor published a book titledPaved with Good Intentionsin which he criticizes what he deems the unwise welfare politics that contributed to the economic situation of the African-American underclass. Unlike many of hisAmerican Renaissancearticles, the work avoids genetic-based reasoning due to fears of not being able to get it published had he talked about IQ differences.[21]In 1994, he was called by the defense team in aFort Worth,Texasblack-on-black murder trial, to give expert testimony on the race-related aspects of the case.[22]Prior to testifying in the trial, Taylor, presented as a "race-relationsexpert and author "by theWashington Post,called young black men "the most dangerous people in America" and added "This must be taken into consideration in judging whether or not it was realistic for [the defendant] to think this was a kill-or-be-killed situation."[23]

Views

Taylor has been described as awhite nationalist,[24]white supremacist,andracistby civil rights groups, news media, academics studying racism in the US, and others.[6][7][8][25][26][27]Taylor has "strenuously rejected"[10]being called a racist, and maintains that he is instead a "racialist who believes in race-realism."[28][29]He has also disputed the white supremacist label, preferring to describe himself as a "white advocate",[30]and contends that his views on nationality and race are "moderate, commonsensical, and fully consistent with the views of most of the great statesmen and presidents of America's past".[10]

News coverage of Taylor has associated him with thealt-right.[31][32]

Race

Taylor is a proponent ofscientific racismand voluntaryracial segregation.[8][33][34][35]Taylor also asserts that there areracial differences in intelligenceamong the various ethno-racial groups across the world.[36]Taylor argues that Blacks are generally less intelligent than Hispanics, while Hispanics are generally less intelligent than whites, and whites are generally less intelligent than East Asians: "I think Asians are objectively superior to Whites by just about any measure that you can come up with in terms of what are the ingredients for a successful society. This doesn't mean that I want America to become Asian. I think every people has a right to be itself, and this becomes clear whether we're talking aboutIrian JayaorTibet,for that matter ".[37][38][39]

Taylor describes himself as an advocate for white interests.[40]He states that his publication,American Renaissance,was founded to provide a voice for such concerns, and argues that its work is analogous to other groups that advocate for ethnic or racial interests.[41]American Renaissance,however, has been described as a white supremacist publication and a "forum for writers disparaging the abilities of minorities".[42]In the journal in 2005, he stated, "Blacks and whites are different. When blacks are left entirely to their own devices, Western civilization – any kind of civilization – disappears."[43]A 2005 feature in thePittsburgh Post-Gazettedescribed Taylor as "a racist in the guise of expert".[6]

Taylor presents hissegregationistproject as based oncivil libertiesandfreedom of association,and has describedgovernment-mandated segregationas morally unjust. He believes that allanti-discrimination laws"from theCivil Rights Act of 1964onward "are an unacceptable expansion of federal power. Taylor also opposesanti-miscegenation lawsas impinging on the freedom of association of private citizens.[44]

Taylor believes that the multi-racial American society is "doomed to failure", and that non-white groups should not constitute a significant part of the American population, especially Hispanics, Africans, Afro-Caribbeans and Middle Easterners, although he also includes Northern Asians, whom he holds in high regard.[45]He thus supports immigration policies that would favor white immigrants over other groups. Taylor has said: "Whites deserve a homeland," and when questioned about the US immigration laws passed in 1965, under theHart-Celler Act,said that "Whites are making a terrible mistake by setting in motion forces that will reduce them to a minority."[46]

Taylor supports thewhite genocide conspiracy theory,[47]and has hosted theSuidlanderson his AmRen podcast to discuss the topic,[48]while encouraging donations to the South African organization.[49]He has recommendedJean Raspail'sThe Camp of the Saintsto his followers.[50]

Attitude towards antisemitism

Taylor welcomes Jews to his organization and viewsAmerican Jewsas potential powerful allies. While several speakers of Jewish descent have participated inAmerican Renaissanceconventions, he has never sought to either welcome or expel anti-Semitic voices. This position has sparked tensions with far-right anti-Semitic organizations claiming that Jews are infiltrating their movements.[38]In 2006, a clash erupted at one convention between anti-Semitic conspiracy theoristDavid DukeandMichael H. Hart,a Jewish astrophysicist sharing many of Taylor's ideas.[51]The Forwardreported that Taylor "has been trying to de-Nazify the movement and draw the white nationalist circle wider to include Jews of European descent. But to many on the far right, taking the Jew-hatred out of white nationalism is like taking the Christ out of Christmas—a sacrilege."[52]

TheSouthern Poverty Law Center(SPLC) comments that Taylor is unusual among the radical right in "his lack of anti-Semitism."[53]Scholar Elizabeth Bryant Morgenstern states that "unlike many other white supremacists, Taylor is notanti-Semitic,and in fact encourages Jews to join his fight.... however many within the white supremacist/anti-immigration movementdisagree with Taylor... and he has been under tremendous pressure to break ties with the Jewish community. "[54]

Donald Trump

Taylor supportedDonald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign,and recordedrobocallsto support Trump before theIowa caucusandNew Hampshire primary.[55][56]

Taylor attended Trump's inauguration with front-row VIP tickets,[57]and he described the event as "a sign of rising white consciousness".[58]

A spokesperson toldCNNthat the candidate "disavows all super PACs offering their support and continues to do so."[59]When asked about the robocalls in an interview with CNN, Trump responded "I would disavow that, but I will tell you people are extremely angry."[60]

Influence

Madison Grant,the author ofThe Passing of the Great Race(1916), andLothrop Stoddard,the author ofThe Rising Tide of Color(1920), each the object of celebratory articles inAmerican Renaissance,seem to have influenced or reinforced Taylor's belief in separate racial homelands.[61]Southern conservativesSamuel Francisand Sam Dickson, who have been regular speakers atAmerican Renaissanceconferences, are also cited as influential on Taylor's views. According to scholar Russell Nieli, "the combination of southern regional conservatism and Taylor's experience of living in... Japan has undoubtedly had a formative effect on his thinking about race."[62]

Hoping his ethnonationalist project will go global, Taylor has sought in recent years to establish relations with populist radical right parties in Europe such as France'sNational Rally,Britain'sUKIP,Austria'sFreedom Party,Germany'sAlternative für Deutschland,and Flanders'sVlaams Belang.[62]Nieli notes that Taylor appears to have a special intellectual affinity for theFrench New RightauthorGuillaume Faye,whose books were favorably reviewed by Taylor inAmerican Renaissance;both of them believe that white people need to join in a worldwide fight for their racial, cultural, and demographic survival.[63]

According to Nieli, Taylor "may well have been as central to structuring the fledgling [America's radical Right] in the 1990s as the lateWilliam F. Buckley Jr.was in the 1950s and 1960s in structuring post-World War II American conservatism. The growingAlt Rightmovement in America today owes a great deal to Taylor's past efforts. "[64]

Reception

TheSouthern Poverty Law Centerdescribes Taylor as "a courtly presenter of ideas that most would describe as crudely white supremacist—a kind of modern-day version of the refined but racist colonialist of old."[53]

Mark Potok and Heidi Beirich, writers for theIntelligence Report(a publication of the SPLC), have written that "Jared Taylor is the cultivated, cosmopolitan face of white supremacy. He is the guy who is providing the intellectual heft, in effect, to modern-day Klansmen." They have also stated that "American Renaissancehas become increasingly important over the years, bringing a measure of intellectualism and seriousness to the typically thug-dominated world of white supremacy ".[65]

On December 18, 2017, his account (as well as the account forAmerican Renaissance) wassuspended by Twitter,after Twitter adopted new rules prohibiting accounts affiliated with the promotion of violence.[66]In February 2018, Taylor filed a lawsuit against Twitter, claiming that the suspension violated his right to free speech.[67]Taylor's lawsuit was dismissed, and an appeals court upheld the dismissal, agreeing that services can control what is published on their sites.[68]

In March 2019, Taylor said on his website that he had been banned from theSchengen Areafor two years on the instigation of Poland.[69]

References

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  2. ^ab
    • Elizabeth Bryant Morgenstern, "White Supremacist Groups" inAnti-Immigration in the United States: A Historical Encyclopedia,Vol. 1 (ed. Kathleen R. Arnold: Greenwood/ABC-CLIO, 2011), p. 508: "Jared Taylor is the editor of the American Renaissance magazine, a publication that espouses the superiority of whites.... Unlike many other white supremacists, Taylor is not anti-Semitic..."
    • Michael Newton,White Robes and Burning Crosses: A History of the Ku Klux Klan from 1866(McFarland, 2014), p. 216: "Virginia white supremacist Jared Taylor"
    • Jonathan Mahler,Donald Trump's Message Resonates With White Supremacists,New York Times(March 1, 2016), p. A15: "Jared Taylor, long one of the country's most prominent white supremacists."
    • Daniel Kreiss and Kelsey Mason,Here's what white supremacy looks and sounds like now,Washington Post(August 17, 2017): "the influential white supremacist Jared Taylor argues:"
    • Saini, Angela(2019).Superior: The Return of Race Science.Beacon Press. pp. 81–82.ISBN9780008293833.Another contributor toMankind Quarterlyhas become a key figure in the white supremacist movement. Yale-educated Jared Taylor, who belongs to a number of right-wing groups and think tanks, founded the magazineAmerican Renassaincein 1990... His brand of white supremacy draws from race science to lend itself the illusion of intellectual backbone.
  3. ^Doty, Roxanne Lynn (2009).The Law Into Their Own Hands: Immigration and the Politics of Exceptionalism.University of Arizona Press. p. 61.ISBN978-0816527717.
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  8. ^abcRobert W. Sussman (6 October 2014).The Myth of Race: The Troubling Persistence of an Unscientific Idea.Harvard University Press. p. 316.ISBN978-0-674-41731-1.
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  12. ^Nieli 2019,p. 137. See thealumni directoryof the institution for the date.
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  14. ^Nieli 2019,p. 141: "In the 1980s, Jared Taylor became known as a" Japan expert "at a time when much of the world was focused on the extraordinary rise of Japan to economic dominance in Asia. Taylor published at this time Shadows of the Rising Sun, a widely acclaimed book on Japanese culture, business practices, and folkways."
  15. ^Nieli 2019,p. 141.
  16. ^abcdNieli 2019,p. 138.
  17. ^Nieli 2019,p. 142.
  18. ^Nieli 2019,p. 141 See Howell, Steven (October 1991). "The Case of Japan (Part II)".American Renaissance:"Japanese society is a perfect example of the advantages of ethnic homogeneity."
  19. ^Leonard Zeskind (May 12, 2009).Blood and Politics: The History of the White Nationalist Movement from the Margins to the Mainstream.Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p.370.ISBN978-1-4299-5933-9.RetrievedNovember 28,2015.
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  21. ^Nieli 2019,p. 144;Swain & Nieli 2003,pp. 94–95.
  22. ^"Business - 'Urban Survival Syndrome' Gets Blame In Slayings -- Is Defense Realistic, Or Does It Reinforce A Racial Stereotype? - Seattle Times Newspaper".community.seattletimes.nwsource.
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    • Roxanne Lynn Doty,The Law Into Their Own Hands: Immigration and the Politics of Exceptionalism(University of Arizona Press, 2009), p. 61: "One of the more prominent members of the new white nationalism is Jared Taylor, editor ofAmerican Renaissance."
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  45. ^Nieli 2019,p. 148.
  46. ^Jared Taylor, in an interview with ABC News' Amna Nawaz, on 26 March 2017;Jared Taylor, ABC Interview 2017.
  47. ^Nieli 2019,p. 147: "The [civil rights movement], he holds, combine fantasy, wishful thinking, and in some cases the cold, self-interested logic of nonwhite groups seeking to replace whites as America's dominant population."
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  69. ^Michel, Casey (March 31, 2019)."Europe bans one of America's most prominent white supremacists".ThinkProgress.


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