White Culture and its Discontents

Progressives argue that white culture doesn't exist, but they also blame it for many of the world's evils.

Written by Bo Winegard.

White culture is a good thing and worth fighting for.

In a recent confirmation hearing, Democrats interrogated Jeremy Carl about white culture. They seemed befuddled by his claim that modern immigration policy and elite attitudes are a threat to that culture. Indeed, the very notion of “white culture” was puzzling to them. What could this mean?

On X, many echoed this bemusement, attacking the idea that white culture is a coherent idea. Perhaps there is Italian culture, Irish culture, German culture, but there is not white culture. Yet for many progressives, the argument that white culture is some illusion, some racist will-o-the-wisp, disappears once it is the subject of criticism rather than praise. In that case, white culture, or “white supremacy culture” as it is sometimes called, is not only real but a monstrous force for evil that must be resisted and ultimately abolished.