Virginia Abernethy
| Virginia Abernethy | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1934 (age 82–83) Cuba |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Riverdale Country School Wellesley College Vanderbilt University Harvard University |
| Occupation | University professor |
| Employer | Vanderbilt University |
Virginia Abernethy (born 1934) is a Cuban-born American academic. She is professor emerita of psychiatry and anthropology at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. She has published research on population demography and immigration. She ran for Vice President of the United States in 2012 alongside Merlin Miller for the American Freedom Party, a party that promotes white supremacy.
In 2012, the Anti-Defamation League referred to Abernathy as an "unabashed white supremacist", and the Southern Poverty Law Center called her a "full-fledged professor of hate," adding her to a list of 30 new activists heading the radical right. Abernethy denied that she was a "white supremacist," preferring to describe herself as an "ethnic separatist."
Virginia Deane Abernethy was born in 1934 in Cuba. She grew up in Argentina and New York City. She was educated at Riverdale Country School in New York City. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College, an M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University, and Ph.D. from Harvard University.
She was Professor of Psychiatry and Anthropology at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee for twenty years. She retired in the 1990s, and still retains an office on campus as Professor Emerita. She is an anthropology fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
She describes herself as an "ethnic separatist". An outspoken opponent of immigration, she has called for a complete moratorium on immigration into the United States. She claims that immigrants devalue the workforce, deplete scarce resources, adversely impact carrying capacity, and that Third World immigration has led to a rise in dangerous diseases within the United States. She has countered claims of racism against her by pointing to her friendship with Jesse Lee Peterson.
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