Kevin B. MacDonald
| Kevin B. MacDonald | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 24, 1944 Oshkosh, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater |
University of Wisconsin–Madison (B.A.) University of Connecticut (M.Sc.) University of Connecticut (Ph.D) |
| Occupation | Professor of Psychology at California State University |
| Notable work | The Culture of Critique series |
| Website | MacDonald's personal site |
Kevin B. MacDonald (born January 24, 1944) is a retired American professor of psychology at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), best known for his use of evolutionary theory to analyze Judaism as a "group evolutionary strategy". He is currently the editor of the Occidental Observer, which he says covers "white identity, white interests, and the culture of the West" and is described by the Anti-Defamation League as having "become a primary voice for anti-Semitism from far-right intellectuals."
MacDonald's most controversial claim is that a suite of traits which he attributes to Jews, including higher-than-average verbal intelligence and ethnocentricism, have culturally evolved to enhance the ability of Jews to out-compete non-Jews for resources. MacDonald believes this advantage has been used by a number of Jews to advance Jewish group interests and end potential antisemitism by either deliberately or inadvertently undermining the power of the European-derived Christian majorities in the Western world.
The university's psychology department, as well as the California State University, Long Beach academic senate, voted to formally dissociate themselves from his work in 2008.
The academic senate issued the following statement:
While the academic senate defends Dr. Kevin MacDonald’s academic freedom and freedom of speech, as it does for all faculty, it firmly and unequivocally disassociates itself from the anti-Semitic and white ethnocentric views he has expressed.
Two words – "condemns and" (which had originally appeared between "unequivocally" and "disassociates") – were removed before the public issuance of the statement.
MacDonald was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin of German and Scottish ancestry, and raised in a Roman Catholic family. He is an atheist.
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