Tucker Carlson brought fears about ‘race suicide’ back into the mainstream
, Mr. Carlson’s racism was veiled, but still visible. Ms. Pepino had co-founded BirthStrike, a now-defunct group of women who had decided not to have children in the middle of a climate emergency.
A stunned Mr. Carlson responded, “You’re basically saying the species is over – it’s hopeless. We should, in effect, as a group, end it, commit suicide.” But Mr. Carlson wasn’t worried about the species. He was worried about a subset of the species. According to Mr. Carlson’s racial logic, there are too many Black people and not enough white people, and so he ended the interview with some advice, telling Ms. Pepino that she really ought to have children.has been well documented. Less well documented is its connection to “race suicide,” an awful term with a long history in the United States, Britain and Canada.
Soon, everyone had an opinion on the subject of race suicide, including professors, journalists, doctors, ministers, reformers, and politicians. Even the president of the United States had something to say. “If the women flinch from breeding,” Theodore Roosevelt wrote in 1903, “the deserved death of the race takes place much quicker.” In fact, “The woman who flinches from childbirth stands on a par with the soldier who drops his rifle and runs in battle.
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