Cyber Racism: White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights (Pespectives on a Multiracial America Series) (Paperback)

~ Jessie Daniels (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. (April 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0742561585
• ISBN-13: 978-0742561588
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #886,221 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Very Interesting!, August 12, 2009

By	Mark Sherry (Toledo OH, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Cyber Racism: White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights (Perspectives in a Multiracial America) (Hardcover)

This is a book which discusses how new technologies are being used by racist groups in order to spread racism and white supremacist ideas online. The author focuses on the assumptions behind white supremacist ideas, and highlights their gender and racist undertones. She believes that these groups are trying to create a form of transnational white identity. She also highlights the ways in which women have changed the ideologies of white racist groups (especially on the topic of abortion) by adopting a version of liberal feminist ideas about a woman's right to her body - though some still are virulently anti-abortion. One chapter focuses on the Neo-Nazi group Stormfront, which is the biggest white supremacist group on the web. The author also highlights the ways their ideologies have changed since they moved into the internet - for instance, using 'cloaked' websites... which basically means they pretend to be providing simple facts about civil rights, and so forth... but they are actually peddling bias and racist messages. I haven't seen a book like this before - it seemed really ground breaking to me, to highlight the importance of new forms of racism online.