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If you haven’t subscribed to American Renaissance, here’s what you’re missing in the November 2009 issue:
Integration at its Worst: Howard Scott Lacy, currently serving time in a Texas prison, writes about the horrific conditions whites face on the “inside,” where they are outnumbered by blacks and Hispanics. Typically unprepared for prison life, whites are targeted for all manner of assault and degradation, and must often join a race-based gang for survival. But as Mr. Lacy explains, whites who band together for protection face severe repercussions that can include solitary confinement, loss of access to rehabilitation programs — precluding any chance for early parole — and being blacklisted on “terrorist” watch lists for years after release. In follow-up essays, Mr. Lacy adds additional remarks about solitary (known as Administrative Segregation, or “Ad Seg,”) and gives a brief overview of one of the largest white prison gangs, of which he was a high-ranking member. Finally, he warns that the conditions he describes could be a prelude to what whites will face throughout the US if current demographic trends continue.
In Reconsidering Slavery, Chris Woltermann reviews Antebellum Slavery: An Orthodox Christian View, by Dr. Gary Lee Roper. This new book examines the institution of slavery in light of the Bible and centuries of church teaching, finding that neither historically condemned slavery as a moral evil. Dr. Roper also challenges the prevailing view of slavery in the South, arguing that the cruelties so often reiterated were far more exceptional than normal, for which he cites numerous sources including the testimonies of former slaves. While expressing his approval of slavery’s eventual abolition, Dr. Roper believes that Southerners cannot at once revere their ancestors and traditions, while continuously apologizing for their actions, and that reconsideration of this issue is therefore necessary to the long-term survival of Southern culture.
How the Army’s Equal Opportunity Program Saved Me From Myself: A member of the US armed forces, writing tongue-in-cheek, recounts his journey from a race-neutral soldier to one who sees race in everything, thanks to the so-called Equal Opportunity training he received. Like a latter-day Winston Smith, he learns how to stop fighting and love Big Brother.
Plus, more on interracial prison violence, polygamy in South Africa, “eco-xenophobia” in Britain, the dilemma of skin-lighteners, Muhammad Ali revisits his Irish roots, and more!