Edited by John Garvey, Beth Henson, and Noel Ignatiev
The New Abolitionists
2000, paperback
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Race Traitor calls itself a journal of the New Abolitionism. Its motto is "Treason to whiteness is loyalty to humanity." The journal takes its stand on two points: first, that the "white race" is not a natural but a social category; second, that what was historically constructed can be undone. The first of these points is now widely accepted; scientists have concluded that there are no biological standards for distinguishing one "race" from another, and social scientists have begun to examine how race was constructed and how it is reproduced. The "social construction of race" has become something of a catch-phrase in the academy. However, few have taken the next step: indeed one might say that up to now the philosophers have merely interpreted the white race; the point, however, is to abolish it.
Issue No. 11, Spring 2000:
- Teachers as Saviors, Teachers Who Care by Robert Lowe
- John Brown and Black Revolt by David Roediger
- Mejorando La Raza by Edgar Rivera Colon
- Vachel Lindsay by Ron Sakolsky
- White Trash Identity and the Loss of Slack by James Murray
- An American Nightmare by Lilian Friedberg
- The Wiggers You Love to Hate by David Hill
- Slot Right 24 Take by Antonio Lopez
- Social Climbing by Stephen Mantin
- History 014 by Jay Caspian Kang
- Letter to Myself (poem) by Ronnie Burk
- High Voltage (poem) by Keith A. Eaton
- Reviews
- Letters