Mississippi: The Tangled Web of Hate – Neo-Confederates and White Supremacism
— Jackson Free Press reports: “The Southern Poverty Law Center counts the Council of Conservative Citizens as a ‘Neo-Confederate’ hate group, which, like the more radical League of the South, fights for the rights of ‘the Confederacy.’ The CofCC stops short of calling for a second secession from the Union.”
— “Neo-Confederates unite behind goals of preserving Confederate monuments and honoring the Confederate battle flag, in addition to fostering ‘pro-white,’ anti-immigrant politics.”
— “Jared Taylor, keynote speaker for this year’s CofCC conference, is editor of American Renaissance magazine, which describes itself as ‘America’s premiere publication of racial-realist thought.'”
— “‘Race is an important aspect of individual and group identity. Of all the fault lines that divide society — language, religion, class, ideology — it is the most prominent and divisive,’ Taylor wrote. ‘Race and racial conflict are at the heart of the most serious challenges the Western World faces….Attempts to gloss over the significance of race or even to deny its reality only make problems worse.'”
— “Taylor has declared integration a failure, and points to African American and Hispanic crime rates as proof. He questions the ability of blacks to live successfully in a civilized society, and has said that Central Americans are organizing to invade the rest of North America. All the while, Taylor claims not to be a white supremacist, countering that he is a ‘yellow’ supremacist, because he believes Asians to be the most advanced people followed by whites, with those of African descent bringing up the evolutionary rear.”
— “Neo-Confederate group members often ‘cross pollinate’ other white supremacist groups, using similar rhetoric and relying on the same sources for their ‘ethnic solidarity’ (i.e. pro-white) stances. The Confederate Society of America, for example, has ties to the CofCC and the League of the South through its president, Craig Maus, who has held leadership posts in both organizations. And the Sons of Confederate Veterans publication Alabama Confederate, which has condemned the Emancipation Proclamation as unconstitutional, has included articles by League of the South members.”