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To the extent that White Nationalists resemble leftist identitarians, I think it’s because both camps understand the deep power and vital importance of coalition politics, structural power, and communitarian thinking. Critical race theorists are absolutely correct that White civilizations constructed hierarchies of values which were designed to reproduce hegemonic culture and distribute power and resources to those who were best able to embody and perform the roles valued by that culture. I just disagree with them about whether or not that’s a bad thing, and I recognize the central importance to me and my posterity of preserving the power structures put in place by my ancestors to benefit their descendants.
The endless salami-slicing of the BIPOC category has been a result of the fact that it was a coalition designed to center and empower blacks, but which created a network of power in which non-blacks quickly began to dominate the hierarchy, given their manifestly undeniable advantage over blacks in the sorts of traits and talents that allow one to accrue political and academic power. That’s why the artifice had to be abandoned so quickly; blacks tried to design a club where they could have pride of place, but chose to (or had to, or were manipulated into) opening the doors of that club up to people who were never going to accept taking a backseat to blacks. (Hell, the most persuasive argument against my attempts to welcome Jews back into the White fold is that by doing so Whites would be committing an identical act of self-sabotage, opening our club up to people who will quickly and comprehensively out-compete and marginalize us.)
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