Cyber Racism
White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights
1st Edition
Published on 16. March 2009
274 pages
979-8-7651-6955-1 (ISBN)
Description
In this exploration of the way racism is translated from the print-only era to the cyber era the author takes the reader through a devastatingly informative tour of white supremacy online. The book examines how white supremacist organizations have translated their printed publications onto the Internet. Included are examples of open as well as 'cloaked' sites which disguise white supremacy sources as legitimate civil rights websites. Interviews with a small sample of teenagers as they surf the web show how they encounter cloaked sites and attempt to make sense of them, mostly unsuccessfully. The result is a first-rate analysis of cyber racism within the global information age. The author debunks the common assumptions that the Internet is either an inherently democratizing technology or an effective 'recruiting' tool for white supremacists. The book concludes with a nuanced, challenging analysis that urges readers to rethink conventional ways of knowing about racial equality, civil rights, and the Internet.
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN-13
979-8-7651-6955-1 (9798765169551)
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06/2009
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
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Jessie Daniels teaches at Hunter College and writes and teaches about racism and anti-racism in print and online. She is the author of White Lies (Routledge). Daniels is a regular contributor to the blog Racism Review (www.racismreview.com ). Her research for this book was supported in part by the MacArthur Foundation.
Content
Part 1 INTRODUCTION
Part 2 WHITE SUPREMACY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
Part 3 WHITE SUPREMACY ONLINE
Part 4 FIGHTING WHITE SUPREMACY IN THE DIGITAL ERA
Part 2 WHITE SUPREMACY IN GLOBAL CONTEXT
Part 3 WHITE SUPREMACY ONLINE
Part 4 FIGHTING WHITE SUPREMACY IN THE DIGITAL ERA
