Book is a really good job of identifying new trends in white nationalism, then it turns neo-con and trashes reparations, affirmative action, and multiculturalism.
Go figure.
Great research, though.
-cb
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> [mailto:owner-lbo-talk at lists.panix.com]On Behalf Of Michael Pugliese
> Sent: Thursday, July 04, 2002 6:44 PM
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> Subject: :The New White Nationalism in America, " by Carol Swain
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> A Kelley Walker is tanked in the acknowledgements for her research
> assistance. Our kelley?
> Blurbed by both academic leftists like George frederickson and
> conservatives like Robert P. George who writes for the theo-con
> monthly, First Things.
> Michael Pugliese
>
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0521808863/
> Editorial Reviews
> Book Description
> Identifying a salient threat to racial harmony in contemporary
> America, award-winning political scientist Carol Swain addresses a
> principal one that is often difficult to recognize and is rarely
> reported on in a national context. Over the past ten years, she
> argues, a new white consciousness movement has gained strength in
> America, bringing with it the significant potential for
> disrupting the
> already fragile race relations. Calling this new group White
> Nationalism, Swain shows how it has become a movement largely of
> discourse and ideas. Eschewing violence, its leaders seek to expand
> its influence through argument and persuasion directed at its target
> audience of white Americans aggrieved over racial double standards,
> race-based affirmative action policies, high black-on-white crime
> rates, and liberal immigration policies. White Nationalism has been
> energized, Swain contends, by the growth of multiculturalism. Due to
> its emphasis on group pride and group self-determination,
> multiculturalism has provided white nationalists with a justification
> for advocating a parallel form of white solidarity which seeks the
> protection of competing white interests. Technological advances such
> as the Internet have made it easier than ever before for white
> nationalists, like any other group, to reach a more mainstream
> audience. The New White Nationalism in America is a wake-up call to
> all Americans who cherish the Civil Rights Era vision of an
> integrated
> America.
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/books/0521808863/
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