Defining Racism

As part of the ongoing inter-blog controversy over political parties such as the Vlaams Belang, Fjordman at Brussels Journal addresses the following questions to Charles Johnson of LGF:

If European countries would like to maintain the indigenous population as the majority, this by extension means a white majority. Do you think the people in, say, Norway, have the right to desire an immigration policy which ensures a traditional demographic majority, or is this racism?

It is racism, I would answer, if there is an inordinate concern with biological whiteness or genetic purity. I.e., if England wants its majority population to continue to speak English, cherish Shakespeare, cherish democratic traditions, etc.--that's legitimate. A concern that the majority population might one day have more melanin in its skin and less "Aryan" facial features than it does now and less of whatever else is held to go with biological whiteness would be racist. If in the course of maintaining its culture and traditions, etc., the population happens to stay as white as it is now, that's fine. If it starts denouncing miscegenation as endangering its white genetic heritage, that's racist.

Crossposted on Soccer Dad

Tags: Brussels Journal, LGF, Vlaams Belang, racism, whiteness