Doug Phillips has made a name for himself among Christian homeschoolers by selling “old-fashioned” books and hosting “historical” conferences and events. In actuality, the words “old-fashioned” and “historical” mean “thoroughly white.” The Vision Forum catalog is full of books by racists. Their books and tape sets glorify men who believed and wrote that black people are inferior to white people. They sell no books by any of the people of color who contributed to American history. Doug uses code words like “cultural syncretism” to decry the “blackening” of American society.
At the recent Vision Forum World History conference, there were no non-white speakers, as is true of almost all Vision Forum events, and the only bit of world history covered in 68 lectures that was not white history was a lecture on the central American Indian tribes. Rushdoony was called one of the greatest men of the 20th century at the conference. Who is Rushdoony? We’ll get to that.
In the city of San Antonio, which is only about 30% white, Phillips has hired an all-white staff at Vision Forum, except for a black or Hispanic man here or there in the warehouse. Isn’t this illegal for companies with so many employees? And how will the convention centers, such as Henry B. Gonzalez, where Mr. Phillips hosts his events, react to the news divulged here?
Phillips often praises the military, but only for World War II and prior, before the military was racially integrated. On his blog, he posted a poem by Robert Service, which contains the verse:
Deny my God! yes, I could do it well;
Yet if I did, what of my race, my name?
How they would spit on me, these dogs of hell!
Spurn me, and put on me the brand of shame.
A white man’s honour! what of that, I say?
Shall these black curs cry “Coward” in my face?
They who would perish for their gods of clay —
Shall I defile my country and my race?
November 16, 2008 at 2:19 pm |
That’s unfortunate. I am a person of color and have gotten much benefit from the lectures I purchased from Vision Forum. Admittedly, there product seems to lack racial diversity but why assume the man is racist. Perhaps he is just pro-European-American . It’s not the responsibility of whites to promote the heritage of African -Americans. It really isn’t, and we need to model the business success of Vision Forum and create similar products.
December 31, 2008 at 3:54 pm |
I don’t see any evidence on this blog that the men indicted would prefer a secular humanist white over a Christian believer of color. That would be evidence of true racism.
It’s a tragedy that people of color are not often dominion-oriented Christians. A tragedy, but also a fact. And if you hire or write about dominion-oreinted Christians, it’s likely that there will be more whites than non-whites in the mix. None of the men complained about would want fewer rather than more dominion-oriented Christians of color.
January 22, 2009 at 7:03 pm |
Perhaps you should ask Vodie Baucham if Mr. Phillips is a racist. Or perhaps Mr. Baucham is also racist even though he is of African decent. It is unfortunate that the internet allows anyone to post falsehoods like this.