Richard Marksbury — “Why the Big Deal About Ethno-Nationalism?” (2024)

Prof. Richard Marksbury argues that everyone is inherently “racist.” Human nature is shaped by humanity’s evolutionary experience of living in small homogenous bands until the development of agriculture. He notes that there is intense opposition to centralization in separatist movements all around the world, and they are almost always based on ethnonationalist identity. Such movements strive to achieve the best way for human beings to live according to our nature. White Americans should be considered an ethnic group, and the traditional symbols of the United States belong uniquely to us.