This Man Has The Ear Of Billionaires -- And A White Supremacist Past He Kept A Secret

[Jilly_in_VA]

A prominent conservative writer, lionized by Silicon Valley billionaires and a U.S. senator, used a pen name for years to write for white supremacist publications and was a formative voice during the rise of the racist “alt-right,” according to a new HuffPost investigation.

Richard Hanania, a visiting scholar at the University of Texas, used the pen name “Richard Hoste” in the early 2010s to write articles where he identified himself as a “race realist.” He expressed support for eugenics and the forced sterilization of “low IQ” people, who he argued were most often Black. He opposed “miscegenation” and “race-mixing.” And once, while arguing that Black people cannot govern themselves, he cited the neo-Nazi author of “The Turner Diaries,” the infamous novel that celebrates a future race war.

A decade later, writing under his real name, Hanania has ensconced himself in the national mainstream media, writing op-eds in the country’s biggest papers, bending the ears of some of the world’s wealthiest men and lecturing at prestigious universities, all while keeping his past white supremacist writings under wraps.

HuffPost connected Hanania to his “Richard Hoste” persona by analyzing leaked data from an online comment-hosting service that showed him using three of his email addresses to create usernames on white supremacist sites. A racist blog maintained by Hoste was also registered to an address in Hanania’s hometown. And HuffPost found biographical information shared by Hoste that aligned with Hanania’s own life.

Hanania did not respond to multiple requests for comment for this story, made via phone, email and direct messages on social media.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/richard-hanania-white-supremacist-pseudonym-richard-hoste_n_64c93928e4b021e2f295e817

Verrry interesting--and more than a bit shady.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. The GOP just wallows in filth. All the time. Repeatedly. What a POS

[czarjak]

2. Hook 'Em Horns?

[bamagal62]

3. Why am I always

Surprised that we have so many awful people in this world. How do these people get to be so vile?

[Backseat Driver]

4. His parents must be so proud!

I remember driving into Chicago from the South side in 1977 (The longer scenic way). Our 72 Lemans didn't have air and it was very hot. On one corner was a small schoolhouse wrapped in 8 ft wire fencing, the cement blocks painted pink to calm violence (was the current psychology). It has left a lasting impression.

We had gone to see King Tuts Egyptian Exhibit at the Field Museum.

[dalton99a]

5. Richard Hanania, white supremacist "scholar":

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[dalton99a]

6. Excellent work by HuffPost