Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist

Eli SaslowNonfiction | Biography | Adult | Published in 2018

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Dog Whistle

A form of political messaging in which coded language is employed that appears to mean one thing but has another meaning to a subgroup. Dog whistles are often employed by politicians signaling to white supremacists that policies will have racial effects, without explicitly stating racist intent.

Ku Klux Klan

The Ku Klux Klan is a white supremacist hate group that targets African Americans. The Klan is a reactionary white nationalist group that is anti-immigrant, anti-Catholic, and anti-Jewish, among other groups.

Privilege

Privilege is a special right, advantage, or immunity granted to a person or group. In this context, the relevant privilege is “white privilege.” White privilege is the societal privilege of white people over nonwhite people.

Stormfront

Stormfront is a white nationalist internet forum and the first major racial hate site.

White Genocide

White genocide is a conspiracy theory that a deliberate plot exists to cause the extinction of whites through miscegenation, mass immigration, racial integration, low fertility rates, abortion, governmental land-confiscation, organized violence, and forced assimilation. Theorists often blame Jews, blacks, Hispanics, and Muslims.