A woman who says she believes in the separation of the races is the new national voice of Protect Arizona Now, drawing harsh criticism from activists who call her a "white supremacist" -- and splintering the political group's own rank and file. Virginia Abernethy, a 69-year-old professor emeritus at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tenn., has been appointed chairwoman of the national advisory board for PAN, a political group trying to stop illegal immigration. Reached by telephone, Abernethy said she considers herself a "separatist," not a supremacist. "I'm in favor of separatism -- and that's different than supremacy," Abernethy said. "Groups tend to self-segregate. I know that I'm not a supremacist. I know that ethnic groups are more comfortable with their own kind." [more
]- The Council of Conservative Citizens web site [here ]
- Battle lines mounting for Prop. 200 fight [more ]
- Separate, unequal views of adviser to Proposition 200 [more ]
- Appointment of 'separatist' puts Prop. 200 beyond the pale [more ]
- White Supremacist Leader Chosen to Head Advisory Board of Prop 200 [more ]
- Since 1997, Virginia Abernethy (Pictured above), a professor
emeritus at Vanderbilt University's Medical School, has been
active in the Council of Conservative Citizens, and she has used her
academic credentials to prop up the white supremacist group.
Abernethy's main thing is anti-immigration. She is the director
of Population-Environment Balance, the Carrying Capacity Network and
the former editor of Population and Environment Journal, an academic
journal dedicated to legitimizing anti-immigrant and population control
policies.[more ]
- In 2001 Abernathy wrote an article entitled "What No One Will Say About the Power Crisis" blaming the California power shortages on immigrants. Council of Conservative Citizens Journal. March -- April 2001 Vol. 32 -- pp. 9.