But what is often forgotten is that the National Review began as basically a well-educated-racist publication. In an infamous editorial published in 1957, Buckley fiercely defended segregation: The central question that emerges…is whether the White community in the South is entitled to take such measures as are necessary to prevail, politically and culturally, in areas in which it does not predominate numerically? The sobering answer is Yes—the White community is so entitled because, for the time being, it is the advanced race. It is not easy, and it is unpleasant, to adduce statistics
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