Whiteshift
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"We need to talk about white identity. Not as a fabrication designed to maintain power, but as a set of myths and symbols to which people are attached: an ethnic identity like any other. The big question of our time is less 'What does it mean to be British' than 'What does it mean to be white British' in an age of ethnic change. The progressive storyline for white majorities is a morality tale celebrating their demise, and, as I hope to show, much of today's populist reaction stems directly or indirectly for this trope." --incipit Whiteshift (2018) "It sounds like the prescription that you have is [...] reducing the level of immigration while reassuring the white majority that the immigrants who come here are going to integrate, they're going to become part of society, they will intermarry and ... we'll live happily every after." --33'00'', interviewer of Triggernometry summarizing the Whiteshift thesis of Eric Kaufmann. |
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Whiteshift: Populism, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (2018) is a book on political demography by Eric Kaufmann.
Blurb:
Whiteshift tells the most important political story of the 21st century: how demographic change is transforming Western politics and how to think about the future of white majorities.
'Powerful and rigorously researched. . . this is a book that speaks to the most urgent and difficult issues of our time' - John Gray, author of Seven Types of Atheism
This is the century of whiteshift. As Western societies are becoming increasingly mixed-race, demographic change is transforming politics. Over half of American babies are non-white, and by the end of the century, minorities and those of mixed race are projected to form the majority in the UK and other countries. The early stages of this transformation have led to a populist disruption, tearing a path through the usual politics of left and right. One of the most crucial challenges of our time is to enable conservatives as well as cosmopolitans to view whiteshift as a positive development.
In this groundbreaking book, political scientist Eric Kaufmann examines the evidence to explore ethnic change in Western Europe and North America. Tracing four ways of dealing with this transformation - fight, repress, flight and join - he charts different scenarios and calls for us to move beyond empty talk about national identity. If we want to avoid more radical political divisions, he argues, we have to open up debate about the future of white majorities.
Deeply thought provoking, Whiteshift offers a wealth of data to redefine the way we discuss race in the twenty-first century.
See also
- Josiah Strong's Our Country (1885)
- Liberal progressives: William James and Felix Adler
- "Religion of Anti-Racism" by John McWhorter (eg. white privilege = original sin)
- Nathan Glazer and Daniel Bell
- Right-wing populism
- Cultural assimilation
- Ethnic conflict
- Race and genetics
- George Bellows
- the Lyrical Left
- Randolph Bourne
