| Revision as of 13:26, 9 July 2016 view sourceSomeone Not Awful (talk | contribs)Extended confirmed users2,591 editsNo edit summary← Previous edit | Revision as of 05:34, 10 July 2016 view source 2602:30a:c0f5:c90:51b0:25b7:c180:464a (talk) Original was political. Not factual.Next edit → | ||
| Line 19: | Line 19: | ||
| |website = | |website = | ||
| }} | }} | ||
| '''Richard Bertrand Spencer''' (born May 11, 1978) is an American writer, publisher, activist and self-described "]" known for promoting white identitarianism. | |||
| '''Richard Bertrand Spencer''' (born May 11, 1978) is an American writer, publisher, activist and self-described "]" known for promoting ] views.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/foreigners/2014/11/jared_taylor_richard_spencer_and_american_white_supremacists_in_europe_why.html | title = White Flight | work = Slate | date = 2013-11-30 | accessdate = 2015-05-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wonkette.com/567150/morning-maddow-heres-how-a-white-supremacist-set-the-gops-immigration-policy-video | title = Here's How A White Supremacist Set The GOP's Immigration Policy | work = wonkette.com | date = 2014-11-20 | accessdate = 2015-06-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=GOP's influencers push for another government shutdown, this time over immigration|url=http://on.msnbc.com/1zEGCsZ|accessdate=March 12, 2016|work=The Rachel Maddow Show|date=November 19, 2014}}</ref> He is president of the ], a ] think-tank, and ], an independent publishing firm. | |||
| Spencer is known for discussing issues such as human biodiversity, European self interest, differences between men and women, and nationalism. | |||
| Spencer advocates for a white homeland for a "dispossessed white race" and calls for "peaceful ethnic cleansing" to halt the "deconstruction" of European culture.<ref>{{cite web | |||
| | url = http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/intelligence-files/profiles/Richard_Bertrand_Spencer | |||
| | title = Richard Bertrand Spencer | |||
| | work = Southern Poverty Law Center | |||
| | accessdate = 2015-05-11 | |||
| }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/10/18/a-racist-s-crazy-ski-resort-imbroglio.html|title=A Racist's Crazy Ski Resort Smackdown|author=Kirchick, James|work=The Daily Beast|date=2014-10-18|accessdate=May 19, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://flatheadbeacon.com/2014/11/26/richard-spencer/|title=Who is Richard Spencer?|author=Scott, Tristan|date=November 26, 2014|accessdate=May 19, 2016|work=Flathead Beacon}}</ref> | |||
| ==Early life and career== | ==Early life and career== | ||
| Line 42: | Line 37: | ||
| {{quote| will attract the brightest 'young' conservatives and ] and expose them to far broader intellectual horizons, including ], White Nationalism, the ], the Conservative Revolution, ], ], ], ]ism, ], and right-wing ], ], ], and ] types.}} | {{quote| will attract the brightest 'young' conservatives and ] and expose them to far broader intellectual horizons, including ], White Nationalism, the ], the Conservative Revolution, ], ], ], ]ism, ], and right-wing ], ], ], and ] types.}} | ||
| The ] cited him in 2013 as "a leader in white supremacist circles", and says that since his time at ''The American Conservatism'', he has rejected conservatism, because according to Spencer, its adherents "can't or won't represent explicitly white interests".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blog.adl.org/extremism/richard-spencer-a-symbol-of-the-new-white-supremacy|title=Richard Spencer: A Symbol of the New White Supremacy|publisher=Anti-Defamation League |accessdate= July 23, 2013}}</ref> In a 2016 interview for '']'', Spencer said that he rejected white supremacy and slavery of nonwhites, preferring to establish a white ethnostate.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=The Billionaire and the Bigots: How Donald Trump's Campaign Brought White Nationalists Out of the Shadows|first=Alex|last=Altman|journal=Time|date=April 14, 2016|url=http://time.com/4293564/the-billionaire-and-the-bigots/|subscription=yes|accessdate=May 30, 2016}}</ref> | |||
| ==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| Line 61: | Line 55: | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | ] | ||
| ] | |||
Revision as of 05:34, 10 July 2016
Not to be confused with Robert Spencer (author).| Richard Bertrand Spencer | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1978-05-11) May 11, 1978 (age 46) Boston, Massachusetts |
| Alma mater | University of Virginia, St. Mark's School of Texas |
| Occupation(s) | author, publisher, activist |
| Known for | President of the National Policy Institute, political activism |
Richard Bertrand Spencer (born May 11, 1978) is an American writer, publisher, activist and self-described "identitarian" known for promoting white identitarianism.
Spencer is known for discussing issues such as human biodiversity, European self interest, differences between men and women, and nationalism.
Early life and career
Richard Spencer was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and grew up in Dallas, Texas, where he graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas. In 2001, he received a B.A. from the University of Virginia and, in 2003, a M.A. from the University of Chicago. Between 2005 and 2007, he was a doctoral student in history at Duke University. Spencer has been an assistant editor at The American Conservative magazine and Editor of Taki's Magazine. In 2010, he founded Alternative Right, a webzine that he edited until 2012. Spencer has been published at Right Now!, The American Conservative, American Renaissance, VDARE.com, The Occidental Observer, and other publications.
In 2012, he founded Radix Journal as biannual publication of Washington Summit Publishers. Contributors included Kevin B. MacDonald, Alex Kurtagic, Samuel T. Francis, Andy Nowicki, Derek Turner, and others. He also hosts a weekly podcast, Vanguard Radio (a successor to AltRight Radio).
Spencer has been a guest speaker at Hans-Hermann Hoppe's Property and Freedom Society, The Traditional Britain Group, American Renaissance, and the HL Mencken Club.
Views
Greg Johnson, then-editor of The Occidental Quarterly, stressed how Spencer's concept of the "Alternative Right" was to collect a variety of perspectives that are outside the purview of the American Conservative movement:
will attract the brightest 'young' conservatives and libertarians and expose them to far broader intellectual horizons, including race realism, White Nationalism, the European New Right, the Conservative Revolution, Traditionalism, neo-paganism, agrarianism, Third Positionism, anti-feminism, and right-wing anti-capitalists, ecologists, bioregionalists, and small-is-beautiful types.
See also
References
- "NPI's Leadership". National Policy Institute. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- "Radix Journal". Washington Summit Publishers. Retrieved July 23, 2013.
- Sean Gabb (June 15, 2010). "PFS 2010 - Richard Spencer, The "Alternative Right" in America". Vimeo.
- Spencer, Richard (April 30, 2013). "Facing the Future as a Minority".
- "The Mencken Club".
- Johnson, Greg (March 2, 2010). "Richard Spencer Launches Alternative Right". The Occidental Quarterly. Retrieved May 27, 2011.
