Center for American Unity
Encyclopedia
The Center for American Unity is an American non-profit educational organization dedicated to "preserving our historical unity as Americans into the 21st Century". In practice, this means a concern with "these emerging threats: mass immigration
, multiculturalism
, multilingualism
, and affirmative action
", which it views as threatening to the United States' survival "as a nation-state, the political expression of a distinct American people".
The Center was founded in 1999 by Peter Brimelow
, who served as its first president. He was succeeded by Edith Hakola. The Center is best known for VDARE.com, a web-based writers collective that the foundation used to support. In addition, the Center has filed amicus briefs in several court cases involving immigration-related issues.
The Center and VDARE are included in the Southern Poverty Law Center
's list of hate group
s.
Immigration
Immigration is the act of foreigners passing or coming into a country for the purpose of permanent residence...
, multiculturalism
Multiculturalism
Multiculturalism is the appreciation, acceptance or promotion of multiple cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level, e.g...
, multilingualism
Multilingualism
Multilingualism is the act of using, or promoting the use of, multiple languages, either by an individual speaker or by a community of speakers. Multilingual speakers outnumber monolingual speakers in the world's population. Multilingualism is becoming a social phenomenon governed by the needs of...
, and affirmative action
Affirmative action
Affirmative action refers to policies that take factors including "race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or national origin" into consideration in order to benefit an underrepresented group, usually as a means to counter the effects of a history of discrimination.-Origins:The term...
", which it views as threatening to the United States' survival "as a nation-state, the political expression of a distinct American people".
The Center was founded in 1999 by Peter Brimelow
Peter Brimelow
Peter Brimelow is a British American financial journalist, author, and founder of VDARE. Brimelow has been the editor of many publications, including Forbes, the Financial Post, and National Review...
, who served as its first president. He was succeeded by Edith Hakola. The Center is best known for VDARE.com, a web-based writers collective that the foundation used to support. In addition, the Center has filed amicus briefs in several court cases involving immigration-related issues.
The Center and VDARE are included in the Southern Poverty Law Center
Southern Poverty Law Center
The Southern Poverty Law Center is an American nonprofit civil rights organization noted for its legal victories against white supremacist groups; legal representation for victims of hate groups; monitoring of alleged hate groups, militias and extremist organizations; and educational programs that...
's list of hate group
Hate group
A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation or other designated sector of society...
s.