This Marxist-born racial attack bears no relationship to how American whites have fought for centuries to overcome racism and achieve equality.
In a speech at the December 2025 Turning Point USA summit in Phoenix, Arizona, Vice President J.D. Vance declared, “In the United States, you don’t have to apologize for being white anymore.”
There was an overwhelming and immediate meltdown on the left, replete with the usual vile epithets and accusations of “white supremacy,” as headlines on the internet blared, “JD Vance Goes Full White Nationalist at TPUSA Event,” and NPR declared, “Vance Refuses to Set Red Line Over Bigotry at Turning Point USA’s Convention.”
Within this echo chamber, the accusations of blatant racism assumed avalanche proportions. New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie proclaimed, “The Vice President is a Klansman.” Independent journalist Jennifer Schulze argued, “I don’t think the mainstream media can possibly report on just how vile and dangerous this JD Vance diatribe is. Some will gloss over the extremism; others will both sides it. So, people need to watch the actual video to see/hear for themselves the white nationalist venom spewing from this monster.” Typical of the hysterical reaction on the far-left social media site Bluesky is from the widely followed user PhillipUSA, who wrote, “JD Vance is a self-proclaimed f**king racist.”
On a more personal basis, I received an email from a former college professor regarding Vance’s speech and appearance at TPUSA. Her message was that unless I and others who support Trump denounce Vance, we are complicit in advocating white supremacy and further that the White race should apologize for centuries of racism and oppression. My reply is as follows:
I am a member of the Caucasian race and of European heritage, I am a naturalized citizen of the United States, and I am a Christian. I am extraordinarily proud of being all the above and revel in the overwhelming life-changing achievements of the United States. Further, even if I knew who my ancestors were, I do not have a scintilla of guilt, nor do I care about what they may or may not have done over the centuries.
Further, I am proud to be a member of the race that created Western Civilization. A civilization that ended 12,000 years of global slavery, initiated and promoted universal human rights, originated women’s equality, created parliamentary democracy, dramatically raised the standard of living for all races around the globe, and recognized that as certain rights came from God and not man, they cannot be abrogated.
After having attended the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, and listened to the immortal words of Martin Luther King, I have judged others not “…by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” Thus, I am not about to roll over and allow autocratic demagogues and their dimwitted acolytes, such as yourself, to use fictitious “systemic racism” and “white nationalism” to denigrate and intimidate the vast bulk of the population in order to achieve the ultimate goal of transforming this magnificent nation into a one-party socialist oligarchy.
It is long past time for America’s white population to stop cowering in the shadows and living in fear of being falsely and absurdly labeled. That begins by understanding the genesis of this anti-white movement and its ultimate objective.
Up until fifty-five years ago, America’s Marxists had been unable to make any serious inroads toward transforming the United States into a one-party “socialist paradise” by using the standard class-warfare tactics that had succeeded in other nations. Those tactics worked in these nations because there was an element of truth to the underlying allegations of rampant inequality stemming from rigid class structures and monolithic governments.
These tactics did not work in America, as this is the first nation in the annals of mankind to eliminate rigid class structure, recognize the rights of the individual, dramatically disperse governmental power, and champion capitalism. Further, it is also the first nation to create a written permanent Constitution with provisions to correct societal inequalities, a document used to establish women’s suffrage in 1920 and eliminate the last vestiges of institutional racism in the 1960s. It is the only nation in history that was willing to suffer the overwhelming death and destruction of a civil war to permanently end slavery. And it is the only country in the annals of mankind created as a multi-ethnic nation.
Thanks to the success of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s, America’s Marxists were forced to—and did—change tactics. They began promoting the false premise that the Civil Rights Movement underscored the reality that the United States was and will continue to be a malevolent nation due to “systemic racism” and “white privilege.”
According to their agitprop, the European branch of the Caucasian race (or more contemptuously “whites”) has, since the dawn of recorded history, been the principal promoters and beneficiaries of slavery and repression throughout the world. Thus, the members of this villainous race who settled in this country over the past 400 years are responsible for imposing never-ending racism and inequity on the American continent.
Therefore, the current white American population must openly confess its collective guilt and seek forgiveness. Additionally, and in light of this demonic legacy, every American of any race should be mortified to be a citizen of such a vile and irredeemable country.
Not coincidentally, this same cabal has declared that there is a path toward national redemption and a mechanism to forever erase the stain of “white supremacy” and “systemic racism.” That is for the American Marxists (almost entirely populated by self-aggrandizing members of the white populace) to assume the reins of power in perpetuity and transform the nation into a one-party secular socialist paradise. Their permanent ascendancy to the top of the governing pyramid would be the only means for unenlightened members of the white population who are not part of the ruling left to be granted absolution.
If so-called “white supremacy” has run rampant throughout the nation since its founding, what explains the historical determination of America’s overwhelmingly dominant white Christian population to right wrongs and live by the tenets of the Declaration of Independence with its Judeo-Christian underpinning, a mindset that stretches back to the nation’s founding and the abolition movements of the 19th century?
This determination culminated in a devastating and brutal Civil War. A war in which nearly 400,000 white Union soldiers (the equivalent of over 6 million today) died to end slavery. Further, over the decades, it was the dominant white Christian citizenry that was the catalyst in bringing about change and ensuring the rights of all Americans.
In 1960, nearly 89% of the American population identified as White. Without the involvement of the white citizenry, the Civil Rights Movement would not have been successful. Eliminating all remaining vestiges of institutionalized racism would not have been achieved without the acquiescence of the bulk of the white population.
This is not a racist nation. Despite the American Marxists and their never-ending vitriol and despite their being able to exploit some credulous citizens, the vast majority of Americans instinctively know that.
As recently as 2008, and before the ascension of the race-baiting Barack Obama and his Marxist fellow-travelers, only 18% of Americans were greatly concerned or worried about the state of race relations in the country, as nearly 70% thought that relations between whites and blacks were very or somewhat good.
JD Vance is right: Stop apologizing for being white. All Americans should be proud of being a member of whatever race or ethnic group they may belong to and of being a citizen of the United States. They should not be gulled into feeling guilty about what their ancestors did or didn’t do, especially given that virtually every person on the planet today has ancestors who were slaves and who were also involved in the conquest of other peoples, tribes, or nations.
The time has come for America’s white population to uncompromisingly tell those among their number who are maliciously fomenting guilt and promoting reverse discrimination to shove it.
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