Paul Ray Ramsey
Paul Ray Ramsey (also known as ramzpaul and RamZPaul, born 1963) is an American vlogger, YouTube personality and public speaker.[1][2][3][4]
Paul R. Ramsey | |
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Born | 1963 (age 56–57) United States |
Other names | ramzpaul, RamZPaul |
Alma mater | Colorado State University |
Occupation | Vlogger, YouTube personality, public speaker |
The New York Times has described Ramsey as a "popular alt-right internet personality",[5] and the Swiss newspaper Basellandschaftliche Zeitung identified him as one of the nine most important representatives of the alt-right.[6] Media Matters for America, The Forward and the Southern Poverty Law Center have called Ramsey a white nationalist.[7][8][9] He spoke at the 2013 conference held by the white supremacist online magazine American Renaissance.[9] Ramsey replied to a question posed by Matthew Heimbach at the conference about the creation of a whites only state: "We need to Balkanize and create our own homeland. We have a right to exist."[10]
According to journalist Philipp Löpfe, Ramsey uses comedy to convey a far-right message.[11] Ramsey stoked controversy when he joked about Kelly Marie Tran's weight and her Asian heritage in a 2017 tweet referencing the actress's appearance as Rose Tico in the movie Star Wars: The Last Jedi.[12][13] He drew ire and ridicule on April Fools day in 2019 when he opined in a tweet, "Shaking hands with a woman is like shaking hands with a child", and is "artificial and vaguely patronizing"; and subsequently posted a video on the same subject.[14]
Associations
In November 2016, Ramsey was a featured speaker at a conference held by the white supremacist National Policy Institute (NPI). The NPI was founded by Richard B. Spencer, who also is generally credited with coining the term alt-right.[15] After video emerged of several conference attendees giving the Nazi salute during a speech by Spencer, Ramsey disassociated himself from the NPI founder, as well as the term alt-right, saying, "You don't want to tie your brand to something that's ultimate evil."[15][16]
In December 2017, Ramsey announced that his videos would be available on The Unz Review, through a partnership with Ron Unz.[17]
References
- Kirkland, Allegra (May 24, 2016). "Great White Hope: Trump Unites Generations Of White Nationalists". Talking Points Memo.
- Sheffield, Matthew (November 23, 2016). "Man who did Nazi salute with Tila Tequila outside Richard Spencer's alt-right conference is Jewish, and it's causing problems". Salon.
- Drum, Kevin (November 23, 2016). "A Toxic Resentment of Women Helps Power the Alt-Right". Mother Jones.
- Brian, Paul Rowan (August 29, 2016). "Hillary Clinton Needs To Stop Promoting The Alt-Right". The Federalist.
- Fausset, Richard (November 18, 2016). "As Trump Rises, So Do Some Hands Waving Confederate Battle Flags". The New York Times.
- Daniel Huber (11/24/2016), Nationalismus – Wer steckt hinter Alt Right? Die 9 wichtigsten Vertreter der US-Rechtsradikalen, (i.e. Nationalism – Who is behind the Alt-Right? The 9 most important representatives of the American Radical Right), Basellandschaftliche Zeitung.
- Hananoki, Eric (July 20, 2016). White Nationalists Love Trump’s Convention: “GOP Is Becoming The De Facto White Party”. Media Matters for America.
- Kestenbaum, Sam (November 2, 2017). How White Nationalists Are Dominating YouTube, The Forward.
- "Paul Ray Ramsey". Southern Poverty Law Center. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- "American Renaissance". Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- Philipp Löpfe (08/31/2016), Die Rechtsextremen entdecken die Comedy (i.e. Right-Wing Extremists discover Comedy), watson.
- Birken, Maxime (05/06/2018). "L'actrice Kelly Marie Tran de "Star Wars" supprime toutes ses photos Instagram", HuffPost.
- (06/06/2016) "Star Wars actress Kelly Marie Tran deletes Instagram posts after abuse", BBC.
- Shadwell, Talia (04/05/2019) "YouTuber claims women are 'too delicate' for handshakes and prefer to be hugged". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 5 April 2019.
- Gais, Hannah (December 11, 2016). "Cucking and Nazi Salutes: A Night Out With the Alt-Right". Newsweek.
- Schreckinger, Ben (January 2017). "The Alt-Right Comes to Washington". Politico. Retrieved 17 February 2017.
- Ramsey, Paul Ray (December 13, 2017). "RAMZPAUL and The Unz Review". Ramzpaul.com.