Chapter 51: Inversion of Antiracism

206     The author: Bob Whitaker  “Following the White Rabbit,” Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), August 21, 2023, www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

206     came to despise antiracism during the civil rights movement  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

206     protested against desegregation  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

206     the swastika poster “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

206     a mercenary for Rhodesia, according to his supporters  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

206     had declared independence from Britain . . . and named its new nation Rhodesia John Ismay, “Rhodesia’s Dead—but White Supremacists Have Given It New Life Online,” New York Times Magazine, April 10, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/magazine/rhodesia-zimbabwe-white-supremacists.html; and “Prime Minister Ian Smith: Announcement of Unilateral Declaration of Independence, November 11, 1965,” Internet Modern History Sourcebook, Fordham University, accessed September 5, 2025, sourcebooks.web.fordham.edu/mod/1965Rhodesia-UDI.asp.

206     “The white man is master of Rhodesia . . .” Ian Smith quoted in “Rhodesia: Christmas Postponed,” Time, November 6, 1964, time.com/archive/6814108/rhodesia-christmas-postponed.

206     led to Rhodesia becoming Zimbabwe in 1980  “Zimbabwe profile—Timeline,” BBC News, December 16, 2022, www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-14113618.

206     violently fought to maintain apartheid and supremacy  Ismay, “Rhodesia’s Dead—but White Supremacists Have Given It New Life Online,” www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/magazine/rhodesia-zimbabwe-white-supremacists.html.

206     the 93 percent African majority Elizabeth Schmidt, “Rhodesia’s History Is a Lesson in the Difference Between Talking About Equality and Really Supporting It,” Made by History, Time, October 30, 2023, time.com/6324696/rhodesia-minority-rule.

206     named Black insurgents “terrorists”  Rhodesian government quoted in Ismay, “Rhodesia’s Dead—but White Supremacists Have Given It New Life Online,” www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/magazine/rhodesia-zimbabwe-white-supremacists.html.

206     took a picture . . . a coat with the flags of Rhodesia . . . South Africa  Frances Robles et al., “Dylann Roof, Suspect in Charleston Shooting, Flew the Flags of White Power,” New York Times, June 18, 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/06/19/us/on-facebook-dylann-roof-charleston-suspect-wears-symbols-of-white-supremacy.html.

206     named his website The Last Rhodesian  Ismay, “Rhodesia’s Dead—but White Supremacists Have Given It New Life Online,” www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/magazine/rhodesia-zimbabwe-white-supremacists.html.

206     lived in the same city as Whitaker—Columbia, South Carolina  Ibram X. Kendi, “The Mantra of White Supremacy,” The Atlantic, November 30, 2021, www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/white-supremacy-mantra-anti-racism/620832.

206–207 claimed that White people in Zimbabwe . . . redistributed White-owned lands  See, for example, the comments of Michael Carter, a White member of Zimbabwe’s senate, ‘in “‘Racist' Land Polices: At least 1 000 White Farmers ‘Poverty-Stricken’ in Zim,” News24, February 14, 2017, www.news24.com/africa/zimbabwe/racist-land-polices-at-least-1-000-white-farmers-poverty-stricken-in-zim-20170214.

207     have been expressed about nearby South Africa . . .  Mithil Aggarwal, “How a Land Law Sparked Elon Musk’s Accusations of ‘Genocide’ Against His Home Country,” NBC News, February 10, 2025, www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-africa-racist-white-farmers-trump-musk-genocide-ramaphosa-rcna190749.

207     still own disproportionately high amounts of land  “According to South African government data from 2022, around 7% of the population of South Africa is white. But . . . white farmers own approximately three-quarters of South Africa’s land.” Aggarwal, “How a Land Law Sparked Elon Musk’s Accusations of ‘Genocide’ Against His Home Country,” www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-africa-racist-white-farmers-trump-musk-genocide-ramaphosa-rcna190749.

207     no documented record of Whitaker working as a mercenary  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

207     working in the administration of Ronald Reagan  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

207     moved in Nazi and neo-Nazi groups like . . . and offshoot known as the National Vanguard  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

207     posted “The Mantra” on his blog and the National Vanguard’s internet forum  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

207     went viral among Nazis and neo-Nazis  “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit.

207     Maybe Anders Breivik read it Breivik seems to have been influenced by “The Mantra,” and he sent a copy of his manifesto to a troll who circulated “The Mantra.” “Following the White Rabbit,” www.splcenter.org/resources/reports/following-white-rabbit; and Ibram X. Kendi, “The Mantra of White Supremacy,” The Atlantic, www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/11/white-supremacy-mantra-anti-racism/620832/.

207     “ASIA FOR THE ASIANS, AFRICA FOR THE AFRICANS . . .”  Bob Whitaker, “The Mantra,” B.U.G.S. Fighting White Genocide, 2006.

207     “Everybody says there is this RACE problem . . .”  Whitaker, “The Mantra.”

207     “But if I tell that obvious truth about . . .” Whitaker, “The Mantra.”

207     “They say they are anti-racist. What they are . . .”  Whitaker, “The Mantra.”

207     “feminism” . . . “aimed at the destruction of the White race”  David Sims, “Feminism Is a Weapon,” National Vanguard, February 6, 2022.

207     claim that feminism compels White women . . .  Michael Feola, The Rage of Replacement: Far Right Politics and Demographic Fear (Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Press, 2024), 120. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1440045133.

207–208 “the spiritual poison that turned . . .” Sims, “Jews and Feminism: Nexus of Anti-White Hate,” National Vanguard, February 6, 2019.

208     “Antiracism has finally taken on the meaning . . .”  Renaud Camus, You Will Not Replace Us! (Plieux, France: Renaud Camus, 2018), 83. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1091051149.

208     died in June 2017  Ryan Lenz, “Bob Whitaker, Author of the Racist ‘Mantra’ on White Genocide, Has Died,” Hatewatch, Southern Poverty Law Center, June 7, 2017, www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/bob-whitaker-author-racist-mantra-white-genocide-has-died.

208     “Perhaps his most important, and most lasting, legacy . . .”  “Bellatrix” quoted in Lenz, “Bob Whitaker, Author of the Racist ‘Mantra’ on White Genocide, Has Died,” www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/bob-whitaker-author-racist-mantra-white-genocide-has-died.

208     “A very important corner to turn indeed . . .”  “Bellatrix” quoted in Lenz, “Bob Whitaker, Author of the Racist ‘Mantra’ on White Genocide, Has Died,” www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/bob-whitaker-author-racist-mantra-white-genocide-has-died.

208     each Christmas Zwarte Piet or Black Pete appears  Charlotte McDonald-Gibson, “The Fight Over ‘Black Pete’ Brings a Reckoning on Racial Equality in the Netherlands,” Time, November 14, 2020, time.com/5910949/black-pete-netherlands-zwarte-piet.

208     depicted as the buffoonish servant of the White Sinterklaas  McDonald-Gibson, “The Fight Over ‘Black Pete’ Brings a Reckoning on Racial Equality in the Netherlands," time.com/5910949/black-pete-netherlands-zwarte-piet. ; and “Black Pete,” Deutsche Welle (DW), December 5, 2010, www.dw.com/en/racism-controversy-dampens-hollands-sinterklaas-tradition/a-6285736.

208     first imagined in an 1850 schoolteacher’s book  “Black Pete,” www.dw.com/en/racism-controversy-dampens-hollands-sinterklaas-tradition/a-6285736.

208     dress up in full blackface, put on huge lips and Afro-style wigs McDonald-Gibson, “The Fight Over ‘Black Pete’ Brings a Reckoning on Racial Equality in the Netherlands,” time.com/5910949/black-pete-netherlands-zwarte-piet.

208     paraded around and visited schools, unnerving Black students  McDonald-Gibson, “The Fight Over ‘Black Pete’ Brings a Reckoning on Racial Equality in the Netherlands,” time.com/5910949/black-pete-netherlands-zwarte-piet.

208     “was little” . . . “people were thinking I was in blackface”  Kymane quoted in McDonald-Gibson, “The Fight Over ‘Black Pete’ Brings a Reckoning on Racial Equality in the Netherlands,” time.com/5910949/black-pete-netherlands-zwarte-piet.

208     “If you don’t like it, go back to your own country”  Quoted in McDonald-Gibson, “The Fight Over ‘Black Pete’ Brings a Reckoning on Racial Equality in the Netherlands,” time.com/5910949/black-pete-netherlands-zwarte-piet.

208     launched the initiative Kick Out Zwarte Piet  Eline Schaart, “The Netherlands Gets Ready to Cancel Black Pete,” Politico, September 2, 2020, www.politico.eu/article/black-pete-under-fire-in-the-netherlands.

208     only 7 percent of Dutch people . . .  Schaart, “The Netherlands Gets Ready to Cancel Black Pete,” www.politico.eu/article/black-pete-under-fire-in-the-netherlands.

208     went to Dordrecht for . . . arrival of Sinterklaas  Laura Basu, “We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the Chaos in the Netherlands,” openDemocracy, March 13, 2021, www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/we-shouldnt-be-surprised-by-the-chaos-in-the-netherlands.

208     “Black Pete Is Racism”  Quoted in Basu, “We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the Chaos in the Netherlands,” www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/we-shouldnt-be-surprised-by-the-chaos-in-the-netherlands.

208     pepper-sprayed, knocked to the ground, and arrested  Basu, “We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the Chaos in the Netherlands,” www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/we-shouldnt-be-surprised-by-the-chaos-in-the-netherlands.

209     “We now have no doubt that at least part of the protest . . .” Martin Bosma quoted in Naomi O’Leary, “Geert Wilders’ Brain,” Politico, www.politico.eu/article/martin-bosma-geert-wilders-brain-netherlands-far-right-freedom-party.

209     “longest and closest”  O’Leary, “Geert Wilders’ Brain,” www.politico.eu/article/martin-bosma-geert-wilders-brain-netherlands-far-right-freedom-party.

209     greeted and took a selfie with Renaud Camus  Merijn Oudenampsen, “From Clashing Civilizations to the Replacement of Populations: The Transformation of Dutch Anti-Immigration Discourse,” in The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories, and Race Wars, eds. Sarah Bracke and Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar (Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2024) 180; and Martin Bosma, Twitter, January 20, 2018, 9:10 a.m., x.com/Martinbosma_pvv/status/954717893752754177, archived at archive.today, February 9, 2026 capture, archive.ph/wip/N5QXe. Find The Politics of Replacement library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1399572256.

209     posting he was “impressed” with Camus Bosma, Twitter, January 20, 2018, x.com/Martinbosma_pvv/status/954717893752754177, archived at archive.ph/wip/N5QXe.

209     “anti-white racism”  Martin   Bosma quoted in O’Leary, “Geert Wilders’ Brain,” www.politico.eu/article/martin-bosma-geert-wilders-brain-netherlands-far-right-freedom-party.

209     three times more likely to be hired . . . than a person of color without . . .  “Ethnic Minorities Less Likely to Find Work in Netherlands Than Dutch Convict: Study,” NL Times, July 6, 2017, nltimes.nl/2017/07/06/ethnic-minorities-less-likely-find-work-netherlands-dutch-convict-study; and Basu, “We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the Chaos in the Netherlands,” www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/we-shouldnt-be-surprised-by-the-chaos-in-the-netherlands.

209     5.6 percent . . . compared to 26.2 percent of Dutch households of color  Basu, “We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the Chaos in the Netherlands,” www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/we-shouldnt-be-surprised-by-the-chaos-in-the-netherlands.

209     fourteen times more likely to die at the hands of police  Basu, “We Shouldn’t Be Surprised by the Chaos in the Netherlands,” www.opendemocracy.net/en/oureconomy/we-shouldnt-be-surprised-by-the-chaos-in-the-netherlands.

209     to stop using the term “antisemitism” and instead . . . “defense against the Jews”  Quoted in Jeffrey Herf, The Jewish Enemy: Nazi Propaganda During World War II and the Holocaust (Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2006), 76. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/433613587.