39 - Eric Kaufmann - Fight, Flee, Repress or Join: Facing the Mixed Race Future

Timestamps 3:50 Eric argues that people’s feelings about immigration aren’t linked to economic anxiety 4:42 Brexit/Trump/populist right support isn’t linked to social class. What does predict this? 7:44 Psychological dimensions of conservative attitudes: is it reactionary? Retrograde or just nostalgic? 13:21 The Islam factor 24:52 Four white majority responses to immigration change: fight, flee, repress & join. 25:24 The fight response 25:38 The flee response: white flight from minority neighbourhoods, white self-segregation 31:11 The repress response: fear of expressing anti-immigration views; the ethics of anti-racism. 35:11 The concealed condition: uncovering anti-immigration views that people are reluctant to admit to. 37:34 The join response: friendship, intermarriage, assimilation. 38:27 The coming mixed race majority 39:30 How important is ancestry to belonging? Civic versus ethnic nationalism. Majority melting pots. 46:08 Assimilation 49:12 Why there is a danger of a far right resurgence right now 50:30 On what basis do you choose which immigrants to allow in? 59:45 What steps should we take, going forward? How to combat racism? 59:52 Separating racial appearance from membership in an ethnic group 1:05:24 Choosing a racial identity, what influences identification as white/non-white? 1:11:14 The Social Justice left as a force multiplier for right-wing populism Eric’s book, Whiteshift: Population, Immigration and the Future of White Majorities (2019) can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Whiteshift-Populism-Immigration-Future-Majorities/dp/1468316974 For more about Eric’s work: http://www.sneps.net/ Follow Eric on Twitter: @epkaufm Further Reading Jonathan Haidt, “The moral roots of liberals and conservatives,” TED talk, 2008: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vs41JrnGaxc Michael Lind, “The Beige and the Black” https://www.nytimes.com/1998/08/16/magazine/the-beige-and-the-black.html Razib Khan, “Why There Will Not Be a Beige Future.” https://areomagazine.com/2018/11/28/why-there-will-not-be-a-beige-future-skin-color-genetics-race-and-racism/ For the Hidden Tribes analysis see: https://hiddentribes.us/