Poison pens

at work

Photocopies of a periodical with the provocative title of Racial Loyalty It’s Great to be White are being circulated through the post in Sydney, apparently as an unsolicited contribution to the debate on race relations.

This has to be one of the vilest racist diatribes to have appeared in recent times. It is stuffed full of statements such as “only a ruthless, determined White Racial movement embla zoned into a fanatic religious zeal can save the white race from such a fate worse than death mongrelization and death.” Racial Loyalty is pub lished by the Church of the Creator at it’s (sic) World Cen ter, Otto, North Carolina.

In its Issue No. 23 of April 1985 this rag has an article entitled “An eyewitness report from the Hawaiian Islands, alo ha to you Kamaaina”, written by a Ben Klassen, who adds the mysterious letters P.M. to his name. The article is an attack upon the Mormon Church in Hawaii, and the Polynesian Center at Laie in particular.

However, the most alarming aspect of this writing is its denigration of the Hawaiian people. No cognisance can be taken of demagogic ravings such as “there are practically no ‘pure-blooded’ Hawaiians left in the islands, but only a mish mash mixture of mongrels, the prolifically breeding mud

people are further being rein forced by a massive invasion of the more aggressive Japanese, who, thanks to American col laboration and encouragement, are rapidly buying up and tak ing over a choice piece of American real estate. This de spite the American military forces at great cost in men and material smashing the military power of this yellow peril only 40 years ago.”

It is of concern that such reactionary drivel is being circu lated with the obvious intent of creating racial disharmony. It is to be hoped that it will not be given any credence in Australia or elsewhere, and will not affect the sincere efforts being made by thinking people who wish to bring the peoples of the Pacific region closer together.

Bill Coppell

Waverton NSW

Australia