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TO THE EDITOR:

I was recently shown a flier saying, “Why is your professor supporting white supremacy?”

There are a few issues in it that I (an, intriguingly, non-white, non-conservative person) as the president of the UNC Youth for Western Civilization chapter should address:

YWC is not about white supremacy.

Last time I checked, Professor Longhair, Spike Lee, and Langston Hughes were the foundation for many aspects of American (thus Occidental) culture. Though it seems that by the logic of those who criticize us, if you’re not white, you’re not part of Western civilization.

Marcus Epstein was never a member of YWC and professor Chris Clemens did not quit as the YWC adviser due to ideological differences.

But such facts aren’t important. YWC is not anti-immigration; it is anti-illegal immigration. Small difference.

Racism still exists and needs to be dealt with, but both the right and the left have resorted to simply shouting at each other.

 “Racist” is now a catch-all, ad hominem attack, akin to calling President Obama a communist or Nazi.

This yelling match is the very reason the ancient academics thought democracy would not work: It’s basically two groups of chimpanzees throwing their own feces at each other (gilded feces, maybe, but feces nonetheless). Please ruminate this with some vigor.

Finally, if you wish to attack or address YWC, contact me. I would appreciate if no one bothered former YWC adviser Elliot Cramer at his home.


Nikhil Patel
President, UNC Chapter of Youth for Western Civilization

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