# Steve Sailer Blogger, journalist, and central figure in the "Human Biodiversity" (HBD) intellectual network — the pseudoscientific community that applies hereditarian arguments about race, IQ, and genetics to political questions about immigration, crime, and social policy. For decades one of the most influential writers in the dissident right, paleocon, and NRx communities, despite (and because of) being toxic in mainstream discourse. ## Role in the New Right Sailer functions as the **race-science pipeline** — the figure who translates hereditarian claims about racial differences in IQ and behavior into political arguments about immigration, crime policy, and social structure. His writing provides the empirical-seeming foundation that more presentable [[New Right]] figures draw on without attribution. When NatCons talk about "culture" or NRx thinkers talk about "human capital," Sailer's race-and-IQ framework is often the unstated premise. ## Key Positions - **Human Biodiversity (HBD):** Promotes the idea that racial groups differ meaningfully in cognitive ability and behavioral traits due to genetics — a claim rejected by mainstream genetics and social science. - **"Citizenism":** Sailer's alternative to white nationalism — he argues Americans should prioritize the interests of current citizens over potential immigrants. Critics note this functionally produces the same policy outcomes as white nationalism (immigration restriction, opposition to diversity) while maintaining plausible deniability. - **"Sailer Strategy":** Argued that Republicans should maximize white voter turnout rather than pursuing minority outreach — a strategy Trump arguably executed in 2016 and 2020. - **Crime and race statistics:** Prolific writer on racial disparities in crime, consistently arguing these reflect innate differences rather than structural factors. ## Connections - [[Steve Bannon]] — Reported Sailer reader; Breitbart under Bannon covered Sailer-adjacent themes - [[Curtis Yarvin]] — Fellow traveler in the HBD/NRx intellectual space - [[Jared Taylor]] — Both prominent in the race-realist network; Sailer writes for outlets Taylor's [[American Renaissance]] has promoted - [[Nick Land]] — HBD is a core component of Land's NRx framework - [[Richard Spencer]] — The alt-right drew heavily on Sailer's race-realist framework - VDare / [[Taki's Magazine]] — Primary publishing outlets ## See Also - [[Race Realism]] - [[Paleoconservatism]] - [[Dark Enlightenment]] - [[Jared Taylor]] - [[The New Right Ecosystem]]