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• Preferences for the Majority: In the United States, minorities are the beneficiaries of racial preferences. But what happens when preferences go the majority? Editor Jared Taylor considers the case of multi-ethnic Malaysia, which is 60 percent Malay, 25 percent Chinese, and 8 percent Indian. Native Malays control the government, and benefit from a system of racial preferences put in place even before independence. The high-IQ Chinese dominate the economy, which goes a long way towards insulating them from official discrimination. Indians have little say, either politically or economically, and are at the bottom of Malaysian society. The Malaysian policy of discriminating against minorities may be a warning of what the future may hold for whites in the US as the country—and the government—become increasingly non-white.

• In Self-Segregation, Thomas Jackson reviews The Big Sort:
  Why the Clustering of Like-Minded America Is Tearing Us Apart, by Bill Bishop. This book provides compelling evidence that Americans prefer patterns of association that go well beyond a desire for racial homogoneity. Mr. Bishop shows that social and political values are also significant factors of geographical division, further refuting the mantra of “diversity.”

• Republicans and the Minority Vote, The GOP is learning another lesson in racial solidarity and the politics of pandering, as black Republicans openly support Barack Obama for president. Republican activist Ellison Lodge examines this unfolding political dynamic.

• Plus, Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick retires in disgrace, updated US demographic projections, more racial unrest in Hawaii, and more!