The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy

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37408

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The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy

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Lothrop Stoddard's 1920 treatise argues that the twentieth century's defining conflict is the 'color question,' predicting the inevitable decline of white supremacy due to the rising populations and nationalism of Asian and African peoples. Drawing on biological determinism and historical analysis, the book warns of a 'rising tide of color' threatening to swamp white civilization through migration, military conquest, and cultural assimilation, urging immediate racial segregation as a survival strategy.

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In 'The Rising Tide of Color Against White World-Supremacy,' Lothrop Stoddard presents a grim prophecy for civilization, arguing that the defining conflict of the modern era is a racial struggle between the 'white' and 'non-white' worlds. Heavily influenced by the biological racism of Madison Grant, Stoddard categorizes humanity into distinct groups, positing that the Nordic race represents the pinnacle of human evolution while other races possess inferior capacities. He asserts that the Great War was merely a 'White Civil War' that fatally weakened the white world, accelerating an inevitable demographic shift where non-white populations will overwhelm white ones. The book is structured into three parts. The first, 'The Rising Tide,' analyzes threats from the 'Yellow Man' (Asia), the 'Brown Man' (Africa), and the 'Black Man' (the Americas). Stoddard highlights the rapid modernization of China and Japan, viewing their economic efficiency and nationalist awakenings as existential dangers. He predicts Japan will expel white powers from the Far East and that Chinese nationalism will evolve into a 'Pan-Mongolism' threatening global white security. He further details the economic superiority of the Chinese laborer, noting their ability to thrive under conditions that would kill competitors of less hardy races. The second part, 'The Ebbing Tide of White,' describes the historical retreat of the Nordic race from the Eurasian heartland to the Atlantic periphery and the 'Nordicizing' of other European groups. Stoddard argues that the white world's inability to frame a constructive settlement after the war, coupled with internal hatreds, creates a cycle of ruin. The final section, 'The Deluge on the Dikes,' explores the catastrophic consequences of unchecked demographic pressures, envisioning a future where white lands are irretrievably lost to non-white migration and conquest. Stoddard concludes that the only solution is strict racial separation and the preservation of white solidarity to prevent the 'shattering' of Western civilization. He warns that the white world's indifference to these larger racial issues, while absorbed in domestic dissensions, determines the writing of the present book. The text serves as a polemic against the 'color question,' framing it as the gravest problem of the future and a fundamental issue for the course of human evolution.

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