Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism in America

These candid interviews with white nationalists allow a better understanding of this threat to integration.

Carol M. Swain (Edited by), Russ Nieli (Edited by)

9780521016933, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 24 March 2003

316 pages
22.9 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.46 kg

'… a fresh attempt to examine the American extreme right. the approach is distinctive in that it is not only concerned with groupings that are anti-Semitic, hostile to African Americans or both … through extensive interviews with figures ranging from former Ku Klux Klan leader and ex-Louisiana state legislator David Duke to New York university professor Michael Levin, the editors explore the different ways in which champions of 'white rights' argue their case … in its extended discussion of racism in America and the interviews that follow, they have produced a valuable resource.' Political Studies Review

This book presents ten alarmingly candid interviews by some of the most prominent members of what co-editors Carol M. Swain and Russ Nieli warn is a growing White Nationalist movement. The ten people interviewed in this volume make statements that are sure to shock, amuse, challenge, and provoke the typical reader. Their remarks are of particular interest, Swain and Nieli believe, for understanding how the many race-conscious whites who lie outside the integrationist consensus on racial issues in America view developments that have taken place in the United States since the Civil Rights movement. If current trends continue, the authors predict, these ideas will become more common, especially as whites become a diminishing portion of the US population. They claim that the claims of white nationalists need to be aired in open, public forums, where they can be vigorously challenged and subjected to refutation.

Introductory essay
Part I. White Rights Advocacy: 1. Jared Taylor
2. Reno Wolfe
3. Michael Levin
Part II. White Nationalism and White Separatism: 4. Don Black
5. David Duke
6. Michael H. Hart
Part III. White Christianity: 7. Dan Gayman
Part IV. White Supremacy and Neo-Nazism: 8. Matthew Hale
9. Lisa Turner
10. William Pierce.

Subject Areas: Politics & government [JP], Ethnic studies [JFSL]