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Steve Sailer (born December 4 , 1958 ) is a reporter, movie critic for '' The American Conservative '', correspondent for United Press International , and VDARE .com columnist. He writes about IQ , Genetics , Race , Gender , politics (including immigration), and sports. Sailer was described as an "evolutionary conservative" along with Charles Murray and John McGinnis in a 1999 '' National Review '' cover story by John O'Sullivan , referring to his writing dealing with the science of human nature. {Link without Title} Sailer argues that there is a lack of open and fact-based debate regarding intelligence, genetics, race, and gender. Sailer is the founder and president of the Human Biodiversity Institute (1999), which runs a discussion group for "a mix of experts from across the scientific, intellectual, and political spectrums." The webpage of the Human Biodiversity Institute describes it as "an educational and scientific not-for-profit organization" rather than a research institute. On its webpage, the HBI states that understanding the as a valuable "storehouse of data available to base predictions upon," and argues that this area of scientific inquiry is presently discouraged. Sailer plans to expand the institute's activities to include a scientific journal, a webzine, and conferences. GENERAL STANDPOINTS Sailer has described his starting point in analyzing political policies as being concerned with the greatest good for U.S. citizens, as opposed to being concerned with the greatest good for one's " Identity Group ." He refers to this as a "citizenist" stance. {Link without Title} Sailer writes about Racial issues in terms of the 'breeding population' definition used by biologists and evolutionary scientists, arguing: "A race is simply an extremely extended family that inbreeds to some degree a species [... inbreeds virtually exclusively."[http://www.isteve.com/Darwin-EnemiesonLeft.htm][http://www.isteve.com/makingsense.htm] Immigration Sailer also opposes immigration, especially from the Mexican border. He does not argue against immigration in the traditional form of simple racism against a new incoming group. He argues that a Mexican oligarchy knowingly exports illegal immgrants into the U.S in order to extend its sphere of influence into the country. He often refers to those in power in Latin America as "Latin America's corrupt white elites", mainly because caste in Latin America is roughly divided around racial lines, or a "racial continuum" as he refers to it. Hurricane Katrina and racial demographics data Following of the African American population found in Intelligence Research correlates with "poorer native judgment than members of better-educated groups in the need for stricter moral guidance from society."[http://www.vdare.com/sailer/050903_new_orleans.htm] Realistic predictions of population effects, Sailer argues, were not made because of a cultural taboo against noting negative behavior on the part of poor African Americans.[http://www.vdare.com/sailer/050911_new_orleans.htm] Sailer responded to criticism by arguing that many of those making the accusations acknowledged a correlation between low IQ and poor judgment by supporting the , Sailer's original article has been emailed out by readers (through the link to "email article to a friend") at among the highest volumes seen by VDARE's articles.[http://blog.vdare.com/archives/2005/09/05/sailer-vs-jpod-on-no-nightmare/] CONTROVERSY Sailer's work is typically characterized by critics as fringe '' has been controversial for its Immigration Reduction stance. Sailer argues the racism criticism isn't a factual or logical refutation of his arguments, but is rather an emotive response to the transgression of taboo. Sailer notes that the SPLC has been accused by a Pulitzer Prize -finalist investigative report and by a '' Harper's Magazine '' exposé of exaggerating the threat of racism for fundraising purposes, and failing to appropriately spend the funds it did raise. {Link without Title} Sailer's article on Hurricane Katrina was followed by accusations of racism, with the highest profile critic being John Podhoretz , who posted a response on the '' National Review Online blog''. {Link without Title} The left-leaning media watchdog group took NBC to task for citing Sailer as a conservative movie critic while omitting any mention of his racial and political beliefs {Link without Title} . SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY Prominent articles
Articles on the red state-blue state divide After the 2004 U.S. Presidential Election , Sailer published a series of articles with his analysis of the Red State-blue State Divide in American politics.
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