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White Student Union: Towson University Student Matthew Heimbach Discusses Controversial Group on Huffpost Live (VIDEO) October 23, 2012 This is the print preview: Back to normal view » White Student Union: Towson University Student Matthew Heimbach Discusses Controversial Group On HuffPost Live (VIDEO) The Huffington Post | By Mark Hanrahan Posted: 10/11/2012 3:04 pm Updated: 10/15/2012 5:19 pm The student behind a controversial White Student Union at Towson University claims that the group is necessary to fight "inherent anti-white bias in academia and mainstream society." The group, started by Towson senior Matthew Heimbach, has sparked a debate about the balance between students' First Amendment rights and clamping down on what many have condemned as racism at the Maryland University. Heimbach is described by the Southern Poverty Law Center as a "white nationalist" who has argued black hate crimes against whites exponentially outnumber white-on-black hate crimes. The panel who spoke with Heimback included the Southern Poverty Law Center's Lecia Brooks; Harvard student Julian Lewis; journalist and advocate for "racial realism," Jared Taylor; and Lehigh University Professor James Peterson. Heimback argues that "every single other ethnic group has an advocacy group for themselves. We have a black student union, a Hispanic student union, an Asian student union. We have groups for every other group of people except for white students. So if white students are allowed to come together and advocate for our own best interests simply would bring us into the realm that every single other group is allowed." Brooks put forward an opposing point of view: "The differences between a white student union or a white group ... you see it as you want to defend what you think you are losing. Whereas people of color or other marginalized groups organize around a common interest." She also said that both Taylor and Heimback were advocates of white supremacy and white separatism. Watch the full segment below. Comments 4,632 Pending Comments 0 View FAQ Previewing Your Comment. This comment has not yet been posted You have exceeded your word limit by words. Please click the "Edit" button and shorten your comment. Post Comment Edit Cancel Post Comment Preview Comment To reply to a Comment: Click "Reply" at the bottom of the comment; after being approved your comment will appear directly underneath the comment you replied to. 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Further reading: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007HBGOX2/ref=docs-os-doi_0 Chip_Falls: It seems strange that identity politics are open to every http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Chip_Falls/white-student-union-towson-university_n_1958868_198461961.html History | Permalink | Share it bjp4321 968 Fans 12:56 PM on 10/19/2012 I thought that all groups that were sponsered by university money or that met on university property had to be open to all students. So, let him start his group only if it is open to all students of the university, it should be likewise for the other race based advocacy groups. bjp4321: I thought that all groups that were sponsered by university http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/bjp4321/white-student-union-towson-university_n_1958868_197857344.html History | Permalink | Share it mwinik 11 Fans 11:14 PM on 10/16/2012 i say let him start the group and then see how many jobs--other than on the board of directors of the KKK or the Aryan Nation-- he'll be able to get after graduation with that on his resume. mwinik: i say let him start the group and then see http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/mwinik/white-student-union-towson-university_n_1958868_196891977.html History | Permalink | Share it Red Spanish Rose 0 Fans 07:23 PM on 10/16/2012 PROOF POSITIVE of a racial double standard here is that nonwhites are allowed to assemble in student unions while whites are prohibited from doing so. We as a race have every right to assemble in such groups to protect/promote/preserve our history, culture, identity and interests. Yet time and again our non-racist and nonviolent displays of white pride and white power are wrongfully labeled as such, with whiteness being condemned as something that's to be feared, hated and shameful of, as it’s inherently biased, destructive, etc. This racist stereotyping engenders a negative and self-destructive consciousness in the white community regarding their racial identity as a people that we must continue to be fight against in positive and constructive ways at every turn. Here you can see that the host of the discussion, Marc Lamont Hill, was obviously biased against Mr. Heimbach and Mr. Taylor from the first by the deliberate look of painful contempt he effected as he defined the topic of discussion. Then along with with Lehigh University Professor James Peterson on the panel he would laugh down the talking points brought forward by Mr. Heimbach and Mr. Taylor as to why whites need to unite as a whole to promote their own interests as a race. Red_Spanish_Rose: PROOF POSITIVE of a racial double standard here is that http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Red_Spanish_Rose/white-student-union-towson-university_n_1958868_196826908.html History | Permalink | Share it I B THANKING 20 Fans 09:23 PM on 10/17/2012 To ignore the cancer of racism is to ignore the many problems it has created for people of color over the centuries to date. Don't know where you live with your head in the sand, but this is the America I live in today. >>> THE HATE MAP http://www.splcenter.org/get-informed/hate-map I_B_THANKING: To ignore the cancer of racism is to ignore the http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/I_B_THANKING/white-student-union-towson- university_n_1958868_197281911.html History | Permalink | Share it Red Spanish Rose 0 Fans 2 hours ago ( 7:04 PM) To ignore the cancer of racism is to ignore the many problems it has created for people without color today. Among the many hypocritical arguments listed by its detractors in racist fashion against the formation of a white student union at Towson University, and white interest groups in general, are as follows: 1) Whites have no need of such advocacy groups because they suffer no forms of discrimination. (Anti-white racism today is at an all-time high. All you have to do is reference the crime stats.) 2) Whiteness is wrongfully being labeled as an indicator of privilege, racism, oppression, bias, etc., on account of historical precedents. (It must be said here that this racist stereotyping engenders a negative and self-destructive consciousness in the white community regarding our racial identity as a people that we must continue to fight against in positive and constructive ways at every turn.) 3) Whites should only unite in such groups ethnically in small divisions but not racially as a whole. (Multiethnic Caucasians like myself do not only want to celebrate our individual ethnic backgrounds but have the right to voice the sociopolitical concerns of our people as a race in legitimate and publicly recognized Pan-European interest groups.) 4) White organizations such as this are wrongfully decried as being natural hate groups supporting white supremacy and white separatism. (A white student union isn't anymore racially motivated than that of a black student union, etc.) Again, proof positive of a racial double standard here is that nonwhite Red_Spanish_Rose: To ignore the cancer of racism is to ignore the http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Red_Spanish_Rose/white-student-union-towson- university_n_1958868_198792564.html History | Permalink | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER surfette72 Conservative your mother warned you about. 179 Fans 07:06 PM on 10/16/2012 What a surprise...yet ANOTHER divisive group on a college campus. surfette72: What a surprise...yet ANOTHER divisive group on a college campus. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/surfette72/white-student-union-towson- university_n_1958868_196822379.html History | Permalink | Share it HUFFPOST SUPER USER Edward Goodwin Hey! I'm walk'n here! 666 Fans 06:25 PM on 10/16/2012 What a surprise...he has a Tea Party snake flag. Not that the tea party would EVER endorse racist groups or policies. Edward_Goodwin: What a surprise...he has a Tea Party snake flag. Not http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Edward_Goodwin/white-student-union-towson-university_n_1958868_196811252.html History | Permalink | Share it bigcatttdaddy 243 Fans 05:52 PM on 10/16/2012 Matthew Heimbach is right on the money. Why are people having a problem with his group? Because they are racist towards white people. There is Black entertainment Television. there is The Black Caucus. There is The Black Chamber of Commerce in many cities and the list goes on and on. So why can't their be a White Student Union. The man said it was open to everyone. The only problem here is that some people want to eagerly play that race card. bigcatttdaddy: Matthew Heimbach is right on the money.
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