Nicholas Kulish and Mike McIntire have a booklet-length story in the New York Times Thursday, Aug. 15, 2018, front page in print, “An
Heiress Intent in Closing America’s Doors” with the subtitle, “How a nature lover
helped fuel the Trump immigration agenda”. The woman was Cordelia Scaife May (1928-2005).
The first sentence makes a metaphor of James Dean – “she was
an heiress without a cause”. So she took
up overpopulation and protecting the environment and animals as a reason for
countries to control immigration.
The article has charts showing how her Colcom Foundation
fueled anti-immigration and population control groups -- although it looks like it wants to do good for the planet. Then there is John Tanton’s network, of at
least thirteen groups, which the Southern Party Law Center lists as
anti-immigrant.
She was also associated with the Melon Foundation, which
seems curious.
It isn’t hard to see where this can go. Population strains the planet and may exacerbate
climate change (the Left). But rich
white people don’t have as many children as POC – “replacement” ideology? Actually, when minorities get wealthier (descendants
of legal immigrants) they also have fewer children.
This direction doesn’t seem to be what she really
wanted. Yet, she unwittingly helped fuel
modern nationalist populism that helped put Donald Trump and alt-right persons
in Europe in power.
A lot of inequality results from the fact that more affluent
people don’t have as many kids.
Be careful what you wish for!
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