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By Ed Burley, Section Multimedia
Posted on Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 03:13:18 PM EST

Ayn Rand once wrote:

"Racism is a doctrine of, by and for brutes. It is a barnyard or stock-farm version of collectivism, appropriate to a mentality that differentiates between various breeds of animals, but not between animals and men." The essence of racism, she explained, is "the notion that a man's intellectual and characterological traits are produced by his internal body chemistry, which means, in practice, that a man is to be judged, not by his own character and actions but by the characters and actions of a collective of ancestors."

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"Achievement of a truly color-blind society will require not only that private individuals reject racism but that government policies and programs cease to favor some citizens over others on the basis of skin color," Bowden said. "The solution to racism in government does not lie in further race-conscious, affirmative action programs that generate de facto quotas, nor in multicultural education that locates personal identity in one's ethnic group. Because such policies are themselves racist, they are part of the problem.

"A model of good government policy is President Truman's executive order ending segregation in America's military services. Issued 60 years ago, Executive Order 9981 declared `that there shall be equality of treatment and opportunity for all persons in the armed services without regard to race, color, religion or national origin.'

"This official policy exemplifies a government's proper attitude toward its citizens," Bowden said. "Every law-abiding adult has an equal right to serve in government, provided he or she can satisfy the position's objective requirements. In setting standards, government agencies must be forbidden by law from making irrational distinctions among citizens, as by favoring some soldiers over others on the irrelevant basis of skin color.

"In a famous speech, Martin Luther King Jr. eloquently envisioned a world without racism: `I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.' Americans should be proud of their nation's historical achievements in ending slavery, Jim Crow laws, segregated schools, and many other forms of institutionalized racism. On this holiday, we should embrace the challenge contained in King's eloquent remarks and recommit ourselves to the task of fully eradicating racism from this nation's public policies."
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This is quoted from an article found here:
http://www.aynrand.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=16465&news_iv_ctrl=1221

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Racism is Collectivism | 5 comments (5 topical, 0 hidden)

So's Libertarianism, right? (none / 0) (#1)
by John Galt on Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 07:34:40 PM EST

I mean, come on. I asked this before when dealing with his newsletters.

He can't be a racist because racism is collectivist (and he's an individualist). But he's a libertarian.

Even non-conformists are conforming to something.

Same old worn out BS by Ed Burley, 01/22/2008 08:43:10 PM EST (none / 0)
collectivism by prattleon, 01/22/2008 10:14:16 PM EST (none / 0)

Oh btw (none / 0) (#3)
by Ed Burley on Tue Jan 22, 2008 at 08:58:32 PM EST

I figured that since you use the pseudonym belonging to a character in Ayn's books, you would at least be familiar with her writings. Ayn Rand spoke AGAINST libertarianism. The libertarianism that she wrote against eventually became "The New Left" as epitomized by Karl Hess, who taught a form of democratic free-market communism (as is evidenced by his book entitled "Community Technology"). Hess et al. believed that Corporations were evil and controlled by the government. This is the paradigm where some of the followers of Ron Paul come from today.

Ms. Rand was not anti-big business, although today's corporate welfare I'm sure would bother her greatly (but I cannot speak for her). In fact, most of her heroes in her books were heads of large corporations: Hank Reardon, Francisco D'Anconia, Dagney Taggert, Howard Roark, etc.

This is why, for the most part, Ayn would be best defined as a Republican, if she in fact could be defined by a group (lol). She liked Goldwater and sort of liked Reagan (of course, she died not long after he became president), if I read her followers correctly.

Ayn Rand believed in self-defense, and this would be an issue that she would have disagreed with Dr. Paul on. Her followers have written much about how we should execute a total war on the Middle East, the place that gave birth to a religion (although she hated all religion) that teaches its young adherents to kill in the name of its god. They attacked the West, the Ayn Rand Institute, as well as the Objectivist Center, believes that Bush has been too altruistic with the Iraqis. If you're going to have war...have war. I agree with that. Nation building is quite another thing. That's where I agree with Dr. Paul.

Better living through chemistry... (none / 0) (#5)
by rdww on Wed Jan 23, 2008 at 08:59:41 AM EST

"the notion that a man's intellectual and characterological traits are produced by his internal body chemistry..."

And the more we learn of genetics and brain chemistry, the more accurate this mechanistic approach now seems. To accept Ayn's original logic, you must honestly believe that the NBA just happens to be America's most sincere affirmative action employer.
BTW, did Ayn have anything to say about Scientology before her death? Somehow, I can see it having an appeal for her.

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