Lumpen rage at Harper´s Ferry

"Race Traitor", edited by Noel Ignatiev and John Garvey, is a disturbing book.

What's disturbing is not the authors' call to "abolish the White race". Those who accuse Messrs. Ignatiev and Garvey of calling for genocide have obviously never read the book. The authors argue (correctly) that there is no such thing as a White race, that the idea of Whiteness is a social construct connected to oppression based on purported racial differences, and that "the White race" in *this* sense must therefore be abolished. Ignatiev doesn't know exactly what kind of identity should replace Whiteness, but he does have a few suggestions: Germanic and Celtic identities, Blackness or some kind of "melting pot" identity (his preferred option).

Only a racist could find this part of the book disturbing.

Personally, I think the problem is the rest of this volume!

Ignatiev and Garvey romanticize the lumpen proletariat, and seem to consider those with a lumpen lifestyle as the real force for revolutionary change in American society. Ignatiev even suggests that White lumpens attracted to neo-Nazi groups might be a revolutionary force, provided they are suitably converted and become race traitors instead. He also regards Whites drawn to militia groups as a potential base for recruits, criticizing the anti-racist Southern Poverty Law Center for tracking such groups.

"Race Traitor" contains one article expressing some kind of sympathy with Colin Ferguson, the man responsible for the Long Island Rail Road massacre. There is an interview with an ex-Nazi who claims to have been voluntarily homeless, and who related to drug addicts "by shooting up with them". Another article, apparently written by anarcho-surrealists, claim that looting during riots is great fun! And so it goes on, sometimes making you wonder whether the editors are really serious or simply want to strike a militant pose. Ignatiev, after all, is a Jewish Harvard professor. I can't picture him in upstate Idaho, recruiting ex-Nazis at some trailer park. But, then, I never met Noel, so who knows?

It's also unclear how "Race Traitor" really wants to abolish the White race (i.e. racism). They seem to place heavy emphasis on a kind of purely personal statements, such as refusing to move to the suburbs, declaring yourself to be non-White in public, listening to Black music, wearing dreadlocks, etc. I get the impression that "Race Traitor" vacillates between purely symbolic acts of defiance and desperate violence. It's difficult to see how any of this could "abolish the White race"?

I'm not saying this is a "bad" book. It's hard-hitting, provocative and somewhat insane, and it sure makes you think outside the box. Still, I would advise people to stay clear from the Harper's Ferry Organization, or whoever is behind this hit piece of agit prop.

One day, the so-called White race will indeed be "abolished", but probably not using then methods described in "Race Traitor"...