Occidental Observer
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| Web address | theoccidentalobserver.net |
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| Slogan | White Identity, Interests, and Culture |
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Type of site
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White nationalist online cultural magazine |
| Available in | English |
| Launched | October 2007 |
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Alexa rank
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 116,056 (April 2014[update])[1] |
| Current status | Active |
The Occidental Observer is a far right online publication that covers politics and society from a white supremacist and antisemitic perspective. Its mission statement is to "present original content touching on the themes of white identity, white interests, and the culture of the West." The publication was founded because, "overt expressions of white identity and white interests (or European-American identity and interests) are rarely found among the peoples who founded these societies and who continue to make up the majority."[2]
Kevin B. MacDonald (now-retired American professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), best known for his use of evolutionary theory to analyze Judaism as a "group evolutionary strategy"[3]) is the editor of the publication.[2]
Accusations of racism and antisemitism[edit]
The Anti-Defamation League says that The Occidental Observer "has become a primary voice for anti-Semitism from far-right intellectuals."[4] Among the articles it cites as evidence for this are a September 24, 2008 article titled "The Sandra Bernhard Monstrosity"[5] which charged that "hostility to whites and to Christianity is a mainstream Jewish phenomenon", and a September 12, 2008 article titled "The Washington Post's Willing Executioner?"[6] which, according to the ADL, "argued that that Jews want to exterminate American whites."[4]
In response to these allegations, the Occidental Observer claims to reject "labels such as 'white supremacist' or 'racist' that are routinely bestowed on assertions of white identity and interests as a means of muzzling their expression. All peoples have ethnic interests and all peoples have a legitimate right to assert their interests, to construct societies that reflect their culture, and to define the borders of their kinship group."[2]
Notable contributors[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Theoccidentalobserver.net Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ^ a b c "Occidental Observer". Occidental Observer. 2010-02-20. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
- ^ MacDonald to retire in the fall, daily49er.com, April 14, 2014; accessed August 16, 2015.
- ^ a b "The Occidental Observer: Online Anti-Semitism's New Intellectual Voice". Adl.org. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
- ^ "Occidental Observer". Occidental Observer. 2008-09-24. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
- ^ "Occidental Observer". Occidental Observer. 2008-09-12. Retrieved 2011-02-20.
