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Title: Blood in the Face: The Ku Klux Klan, Aryan Nations, Nazi Skinheads, and the Rise of a New White Culture by James Ridgeway ISBN: 1-56025-100-X Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press Pub. Date: 01 December, 1995 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Fascinating & sad introduction into the racist culture
Comment: Like so many other things in today's society, racism, and especially racially motivated crimes, seem very distant to most of us. An occasional tasteless joke around the water cooler may be the closest 99% of us get to the terrifying world of the racist underground.
Many books have tried to reverse this ignorance, but many (if not most) have failed. The reason is simple: Hundreds of pages of text don't bring us any closer to the scenes of the crimes, or closer to the people who are either involved in the white supremist movement or who have been affected by it.
But "Blood in the Face" is different. It has graphics on almost every page, mostly White Aryan Resistance (WAR) propaganda posters, and less frequently photos of David Duke, Henry Ford, and other well-known racists and anti-Semites, threatening letters, etc. This is also a primary-source-laden text. This serves to hammer home the point that racism does not just exist in the Deep South. It is EVERYWHERE: South, North, East, West, and especially in the minds of those who perpetuate such garbage every day.
That said, this book is an INTRODUCTION to the culture of white supremacy. It dwells on the surface of the culture and selected individual organizations, occasionally delving into history. But it doesn't do a good job at all of providing a CONTEXT for the terrible things it describes. "Blood in the Face" is a solid introduction for those looking to learn more about racism and the white supremacy movement as a whole, but for discussions of individual people and groups, you must look elsewhere.
Rating: 5
Summary: Detailed, Well Written, Excellent
Comment: An excellent, detailed textbook style examination of the radical right, in all its manifestations. Of all the books I've read on the right, and I've read a few, this one is the best. Carefully crafted and scholarly, Ridgeway pulls no punches. He gives detailed explanations of the history, origins and rhetoric of the KKK, The Posse Comitatus, The American Nazi Party and many related right wing haters. He makes copious use of the rights own pamphlets and speeches to reveal their twisted belief systems, and the book is full of pictures and even includes exerts of the infamous Turner Diaries. Well written and readable the book is also a gripping page-turner and will definitely keep you interested until the end. My only gripe is with the final chapter, which is unduly alarmist. It is true that the radical right is active and that they are a danger to society, but I am not convinced by the notion that there values are more acceptable in society than they have been in the past. Was Bull Conner an outcast in his time? Is David Duke more important politically than George Wallace was? Has the KKK been able to defeat a presidential candidate in modern times the way they defeated Al Smith? I also found the suggestion that Madonna and Tom Petty of all people are spreading racist propaganda to be laughable. Further the notion that opposition to affirmative action is evidence of a racist mindset is absurd, and revealing of the authors 'liberal' bias. Affirmative action is not only a racist notion, based as it is on the idea that minorities need special help to succeed, but also has given aid and comfort to the racist cause. Racists can point to Affirmative Action as proof of their own beliefs. That being said, the ideological quirks of the author do not detract from the excellence of his scholarship. As a detailed explanation of the radical right across the broad spectrum, the book is peerless. Highly recommended.
Rating: 3
Summary: Interesting; go check out the videotape
Comment: If [email protected] had seen the video version of the book, he would see that Ridgeway did extensive interviews with neo-Nazis, and in fact let them speak for themselves.
The book itself is interesting, but the video shows these people up for the clowns they really are.
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Title: The White Separatist Movement in the United States: White Power White Pride by Betty A. Dobratz, Stephanie L. Shanks-Meile ISBN: 0801865379 Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $20.95 |
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Title: Gathering Storm : America's Militia Threat by Morris Dees ISBN: 0060927895 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 23 April, 1997 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: Skinhead by Nick Knight ISBN: 0711900523 Publisher: Omnibus Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 1983 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: Skins by Gavin Watson ISBN: 1587540169 Publisher: Olmstead Press Pub. Date: 01 July, 2001 List Price(USD): $16.00 |
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Title: The Racist Mind: Portraits of American Neo-Nazis and Klansmen by Raphael S. Ezekiel ISBN: 0140234497 Publisher: Penguin Books Pub. Date: 01 July, 1996 List Price(USD): $20.00 |
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