NPI Press Conference – photos of James Edwards, Richard Spencer and Jared Taylor (Video Update)

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Kevin I. Slaughter

UPDATE:
NPI has just released the video of the press conference:

The description:

On September 9, 2011, the National Policy Institute held a press conference entitled “The Majority Strategy” at The National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

Richard Spencer — “The Majority Strategy”
James Edwards — “Obama and the ‘R Word’”
Jared Taylor — “White Identity: Why We Need It”

With each new election cycle, the Republican leadership becomes ever more convinced of its need to “reach out” to Hispanics, Blacks, and other minorities, or else risk irrelevance and defeat.

The votes of America’s historic majority—namely, European Christians—are either taken for granted or treated as of lesser value.

The reality is that in multicultural America, Hispanics and Blacks are exceedingly unlikely to vote Republican, not to mention embrace “conservative values”.

In place of outreach to the unreachable, Republicans would be wise to instead broaden their existing White base. Complimentary to this would be a dedication to immigration policies that stem the influx of Democrat-voting Third World migrants.

The “Majority Strategy,” developed mostly by Brimelow and Steve Sailer at VDARE.com, is the path to victory for Republicans. It also would ensure that they could bequeath to their children a country in keeping with the traditions of their ancestors.

ORIGINAL POST:

The theme of the press conference held at the National Press Club was “The Majority Strategy”, and was organized by NPI. Executive Director Richard Spencer described it as a sort of “coming out party” and it is also tied to the day long conference they’re having at the Ronald Reagan Building tomorrow.

Richard Spencer also runs AlternativeRight.com.
James Edwards hosts The Political Cesspool and author of “Racism, Schmasim“.
Jared Taylor runs American Renaissance and is the author of “White Identity“.

I’m not going to post a report, as they’ll be posting the video online and you can see what they had to say for yourself. You can check out NPItv.com and NPIconferences.com for details.

This blog is just really a place besides facebook and flickr to post the “best” photos from the event. I took about 185, was only really happy with about 20 of them, and I’ve cut those in more than half to post here. All 20 can be found here.

This was the 2nd time I’ve tried shooting this type of thing, the first being Ayaan Hirsi Ali from April of this year. I sat on the front row this time, so I was able to make better use of my 20mm prime lens. I also was able to move around a bit more. I still don’t have an external flash, so this was all shot with available light. Not too much of an issue with the f/1.7, but the zoom lens is a little harder to wrangle without decent lighting.

Also, I have to say that without Adobe Lightroom I might have had 1 of the 185 that were presentable.

http://twitter.com/kalimkassam kalimkassam

“and NPIconfrences.com” should be “and NPIconferences.com”

http://kevinislaughter.com Kevin I. Slaughter

Thanks for the correction! I’m lucky to spell my name right most days…..

honkymomfucker

Not too many attendants. That’s always funny. :^ D

http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

It was a press event at the Press Club, I believe almost all the chairs were full and there were many people who had to stand. They certainly had as many or more people than they planned for, so I say that was a success…

honkymomfucker

There were empty seats in the first row. Like I said not too many attendees. Unless, maybe the people who did attend were too embarassed to have their face on camera. I would be if I were white and at this convention.

But seriously, what 100 guest? That’s not good. You have a long way to go James and Jared. :^D

http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

100 guests is “not good” for what? Again, it’s relative. These rooms only hold but so many people.

You’ll see it how you see it. It’s a poor turn out compared to a much higher profile news event, sure, but there were a few dozen people standing in the back, because as I said, nearly all the chairs were filled. If all the chairs were filled, and more people were standing than were open chairs, that means more people turned out for the even than the press club had chairs for. The room was neither packed nor was it empty.
In the photos above, there are a couple of empty chairs, but one of them was mine. I vacated it to take photos from a distance.

honkymomfucker

One of the 7 total that I see. If it were an important event, there would be a line extending to the street where the protestors were. Unimportant cause lead by unimportant, irrelevant people.

Good day.
http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

Again, you seem to be confused by your biases. There were no protesters at the Press Club event.
honkymomfucker

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=dcf_1315704054
http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

The protest was at the Ronald Reagan Building (see title of link you posted), but the photos above are of the National Press Club event, two separate days, two separate places.
honkymomfucker

Well regardless, white nationalists/preservationist have a long way to go. America will never be a homogeneous country and rightfully so. Delustions of grandeur is what most white nationalists suffer from.

Good luck, you’ll need it.
http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

I’d agree with the first part for sure, and the second part to a degree.

I’m cynical, some of these guys aren’t. I like many of the ideas they’re presenting, though I don’t believe many, or possibly any will see implementation.
The theme of the press club event was basically “if Republicans focused on white outreach, they might be able to win, if they continue pandering to minority groups, they’ll lose – because blacks and hispanics overwhelmingly vote democrat.”
I’d agree with this sentiment, but I also believe that even if Republicans win, they wouldn’t do anything to lessen the swelling number of non-whites, so it would effectively be a stalling tactic until it was just demographically impossible for whites to vote in their own favor.
honkymomfucker

That’s because majority of whites support multiculturalism. Whether it’s their way of not wanting to be demonized or not. I truly think whites love success stories. No one wants to hate anyone especially over some racial crap and by listening to such people as James Edwards or William Pierce (not so much Jared Taylor, he seems civil out of all of them) will only make things worse, not better. James Edwards has this “blame black people” complex and William Pierce had nothing but hatred in his heart. He hated intergration and the idea of ”white minority” crap. Hate won’t reach far. You might believe that white nationalism is not hate but that’s the only way I can see it in my eyes and apparently, a lot of people agree with me.

I’m black, I support multiculturalism because I find that it strengthens America. This is the path America has taken. I don’t believe in conspiracies like “the jews orchestrated this” or “white guilt liberals are the cause”. Instead of looking towards the past, I look for the present and hope that we can get through all this racial b.s. one day.

I have a better solution for the West to implement. Instead of white nationalism and the whole belief of blacks or all minorities moving “back” to their native land, how about we just severly punish criminals? (i.e. –death penalty) If it so happens they’re majority black, then that will show the root problem and no one can argue that it’s not.

I’m very aware of black crime against all. (white, black, etc) I’m also aware of black entitlement bullshit and that needs to cease. However, I don’t think this “mob rule” uprising that whites are going for is the correct solution.

Alright, that’s it for now. I’ve gone on for too long and I could probably say a lot more. Tell me your thoughts on this.
http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

Thank you for the considered and polite comment.

I would imagine there were many things that we could agree on, and most certainly your thoughts on punishing criminals with harsher sentences when they’re proven guilty beyond reasonable doubt.
Though I’m uncomfortable with the death penalty because of libertarian objections (the state having such power), I support it because at some point people commit crimes that they should pay for with their life, and it is better to have the state do it (thus circumventing vendetta problems, among other concerns).

My interest in race isn’t so that we can discriminate, but because of the obscene double-standards.
1. Anyone non-white is encouraged by whites to have racial awareness, to see their race and historical cultures as sources of pride. Whites, only on St. Patty’s Day, but then it’s universal (today we’re all Irish!) and superficial or just not in anyway actual representative of the culture.2. The charge of “racism” is used as a cudgel against whites who do not wholly embrace multiculturalism. It’s never used on non-whites, and similar or more egregious displays of racism are excused for any number of reasons.

3. The Boasian notion that a) all differences in humans are cultural (environmental/nurture) and b) that there is no difference in groups of humans. I’m trying to float the term “evolution deniers” for these folks, though I don’t know if that’ll get any traction.

I don’t think multiculturalism strengthens America, though I do not want a homogeneous state. I believe that some level of exoticism is a good thing, but multiculturalism leads to balkanization.

There’s certainly much more, I’m sure we can both back and forth for quite some time.

Mr. McCoy

Nice username, do you kiss your mother with that foul mouth?
Philip

Well done!
http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H3GWA3QLBZEZ4Q7FYTBCX4XZPI Joel

Can’t get the video to work.

http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

The video is hosted on Vimeo. Go there and see if any of the videos work. If not, it’s on your side.

Here is a link to NPItv – http://www.npitv.com/412

http://pulse.yahoo.com/_H3GWA3QLBZEZ4Q7FYTBCX4XZPI Joel

Yes, it was on my side. But I did manage to get the problem corrected.

Thanks.

1776

Good job gentlemen!
honkymomfucker

Although I agree on limited government on a state and federal level, I think that should only pertain to finance. The judicial system needs to indoctrinate capital punishment. The judicial system has lost it’s way and leaned a little too far on the left with all the human rights crap. To me, if you murder someone in cold blood, you’re a subhuman and should be treated as such.

I can level with you on the double standard on race. As a black guy, I even see it. However, childish insults such as “blacks are inferior and don’t belong in western culture” is a wasteless strategy. What it really boils down to is that it’s not a race issue. I don’t mind that whites take pride in their race but I do hate the white supremacy advocacy. “We’re white so let’s stomp out minorities because they have low IQ’s and they resemble apes”. Although there’s a hatred for all minorities searing right now, the target is specifically on black people irregardless if you are a hard working black or some common street thug. I fall in the former category so of course I’m going to defend myself and the blacks who work hard and don’t use race as a crutch.

I do agree with a lot of what you’re saying. Both white and black nationalists have a lot of good points and in the end, both are looking self-identity. Even though in my eyes, you really can’t loose any identity. If you’re white, you automatically know that wherever you’re located. The same if you’re black.

What really pisses me off is the “white minority” talk when whites make up 223 million people here in America. That’s far from being a minority. Even if that number includes hispanic whites, that’s still WHITE. No, whites will not die out in 2050. No, your country will not be overthrown by minorities, foreigners or illegals. I’m not the leftist guy who wants everyone to join hands and sing “Kumbaya”. I just want all nationalities in America to respect each other and each others’ property and understand that we are natural born Americans. Now for illegals, that’s a whole different story and I believe the crackdown on illegal immigration should be strongly enforced.

Back to my point, there’s no need for an uprising of racial hierarchy but just a thorough cleaning up of government and to practice the laws we have in place…..but I guess that’s just wishful thinking, right? Money plays a factor in why we’re in such turmoil but that’s another story for another time.

http://www.kevinislaughter.com/ Kevin I. Slaughter

I’m not sure how I missed this response, will have to check where my notifications are going.

(for those others seeing this, it’s a continuation of a conversation below)

We can agree that capital punishment should be in greater numbers for the current crime levels, so I don’t think we need to argue about it per se.
I don’t really enjoy “white minority” talk either, but the reality is that there IS a demographic shift happening, and as of this year 50% of babies born were non-white. Hispanics are not a race, but most in the US are Mexican, so they’re largely mestizos. How one wants to define what is “white” and what is not is problematic (I mean, can you believe most people think Italians are white?! Sheesh!)
If trends continue, then whites will become a minority. You speculate (from my understanding of the above) that non-whites will be acculturated to American norms enough that the country will more or less continue no matter the origin of birth/race of the people who inhabit it, at least through 2050.

“ I just want all nationalities in America to respect each other and each others’ property and understand that we are natural born Americans.”
I don’t think that’s possible when you have large numbers of competing groups who share allegiance with others in that group to the expense of those outside of that group. They might be able to co-exist in a shared state, but if one group outperforms another, but they share a government, there will be resentment.

Whites know they’re white, blacks know they’re black, and each knows the other is the “other”, even though sometimes that’s seen as a positive attribute or less important than other attributes to their bond.

“ ”blacks are inferior and don’t belong in western culture”"We’re white so let’s stomp out minorities because they have low IQ’s and they resemble apes”.
Although there’s a hatred for all minorities searing right now, the target is specifically on black people irregardless if you are a hard working black or some common street thug.”

I agree that the first two lines are probably useless as a strategy, but this is an exaggeration of the positions being taken by the speakers at the NPI press event. But we must disaggregate a few things 1) what is “good strategy”, 2) what is “true” and 3) what the speakers actually claim to believe (what they believe secretly or “in their hearts” we can only speculate on, and I don’t care to do that).

The NPI press event (not to be confused with the conference the next day) was exclusively concerned with the notion of promoting a strategy for the Republican party to win an election. That strategy basically entailed neglecting non-white voters in order to focus all outreach to whites. They were not recommending using the verbiage you provided above, and as a strategy, it certainly has merit. It may be “good” in the sense that it may work for the end of putting a Republican in the white house.

The larger White Nationalist movement is different, and maybe that’s what you’re referring to. Some speak rather bluntly, but very few advocate violence. Jared Taylor outlined three conceptions of a White Nationalist future, at least one that doesn’t require forced segregation by the state. Sam Dickson is, if memory serves, explicitly segregationist, and is a supporter of secession.

I try to maintain pessimism in any “bright future” schemes – socialist or nationalist.

I collect Grove Press books. One of the titles is “Look Out Whitey! Black Power’s Gon Get Your Mamma!” Black Nationalists always got a pass for racism, but it’s funny how slight the “offense” needs to be these days to get national attention. This COULD be viewed as an indicator of how less explicitly racist the country is now. We are also at historically low levels of violence and crime as well. Well, shit, I’ve got to wrap this up and head out. I figured I’d just write this line and hit “post” then risk not finishing it at all because I thought “I’ll get to it later”