Monograph – White Nationalism.
Hate groups have been among us for hundreds of years, and as mentioned in the NPR interview, such hate groups were once known as the Ku Klux Klan, later it changed to white power, and white supremacy, and now the new more polished name is “white nationalist or “white nationalism.”
Instructions:
For this assignment please see the White Nationalism podcast https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651052970/how-a-rising-star-of-white-nationalism-broke-free-from-the-movement (transcript of this interview is also attached). Upon completion include all questions below in an essay format:
- Discuss Derek Black’s involvement in the white nationalist movement and explain Black’s vision for white nationalism.
- From the interview, list four (4) beliefs/ talking points of white nationalist. How are white nationalist able to push their message to their followers…list three (3) ways.
- In your opinion why is white nationalism on the rise? Is this a group to be taken seriously…why or why not? Explain thoroughly.
- At the end of the interview Derek Black makes the following comment “And now I look back on it – I said things that tried to energize racist ideas and get people to be more explicit about it. And then people who listened to that and who believed it – some of them committed horrible, violent acts. And what is my culpability and responsibility for how these things went out into the world? And they continue to bounce around in the world, and I can’t take them back. Like, that is a – that is a moral weight that is very difficult to reconcile.” What are your thoughts on Derek Black after leaving the movement…should he be deemed a hero? There are two (2) questions being asked here– 1. what are your thoughts on Derek Black after leaving the movement and 2. should he be deemed a hero? Explain both in detail.
- List three (3) things you learned and found to be most thought provoking from Derek Black’s interview.
