A spokesman for the group told reporters that the "theme of the conference was the intersection of immigration and race, which he said is reflected in the presidential campaign" - well at least it was reflected in the campaign until Tancredo, Guiliani and Romney left the race. So little is said about Huckabee these days, his anti-immigration rhetoric is significantly muted, at least in the media.
The "intersection of immigration and race" is made clear by the demographic changes in the U.S. currently represented by the two Democratic front runners, an African American man and a white woman. It makes sense that a group of people who deeply believe in white nationalism would be concerned enough attend a conference on racial issues. With over 12 million undocumented immigrants, millions more here with visas, and the strong possibility of a president that won't reflect those wanting "white racial preservation" -- it would not be an exaggeration to assume that these people are terrified.
Kudos to the WP for reporting on this conference (an the accompanying protest). It is very important for information of this type to circulate publicly - otherwise it remains myth.
I do not fault these white renaissance men. Everyone is entitled to finding his own answer. For those of us not in this elite group, it is good to know what people are saying about "the African mind" and the Mexican personality.
p.s. One more thing; next time someone announces that the immigration problem is not about race, I'll mention the American Renaissance Conference.
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Protest at a Conference on Race
Demonstrators Aiming to Disrupt Meeting Are Halted by Police
By Eric M. Weiss
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 24, 2008; C04
Fairfax County police yesterday blocked a group of protesters who sought to enter a hotel near Dulles International Airport to disrupt a conference of people who promote belief in the need for white racial preservation.
Inside the Crowne Plaza Dulles Airport Hotel in Herndon were more than 100 attendees, most of them white men, of the American Renaissance Conference. Among the seminars were "Understanding the African Mind" and "Mexico From the Inside: Who the Mexicans Are and Why They Do What They Do.'' For sale outside conference rooms were neckties decorated with Confederate emblems and books such as "Race Differences in Intelligence'' and "Zoological Subspecies of Man.''
On the sidewalk outside -- just off the Dulles Toll Road -- stood a young, racially mixed group of three dozen protesters with megaphones and drums. They carried posters decrying Nazism, racism and fascism as they tried in vain to pass a police phalanx and enter the hotel to disrupt the conference.
Police firmly but gently pushed the protesters off hotel property and into an area marked with orange cones and yellow tape in a lane of the street in front of the hotel.
The protesters were relegated to yelling across the parking lot and spitting at a person who emerged from the conference to give interviews.
The leader of the protest, Marco Del Fuego, said he was involved in a similar demonstration against an American Renaissance conference two years ago at another Dulles area hotel. He said one objective of yesterday's protest was to pressure Crowne Plaza management to avoid hosting such conferences in the future.
The conference was sponsored by the New Century Foundation, which was launched by Jared Taylor, who calls himself a "race realist." Taylor spoke with a reporter about the conference in the hotel. Taylor, who lives in the Oakton section of Fairfax County, has been described by civil rights organizations as a "white nationalist" who espouses racism.
Taylor said a theme of the conference was the intersection of immigration and race, which he said is reflected in the presidential campaign. "The country is catching up with us,'' he said.
Taylor decried the attempt to disrupt the conference.
"And they call us Nazis?" he said.
Del Fuego said the people meeting in the hotel shared philosophical ties with anti-immigrant and racist groups.
"They promote violence against people of color,'' he said. "How can I stand for that kind of speech? You cannot compromise with people like that.''
Staff writer Fredrick Kunkle contributed to this report.
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