Summary of Eli Saslow's Rising Out of Hatred

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#1 The Klansmen and neo-Nazis met in Memphis in 2008. Derek Black, then 19, was the community college student who started a live radio broadcast of the event for the online radio station he founded.

#2 Derek Black, the son of Don Black, a former KKK leader, was a speaker at the conference. He was polite and articulate, but never used racist slurs. He spoke about what he believed to be the facts of racial science and immigration.

#3 Derek, the radio host, spoke about how white people were tired of being called racist and were looking for a political party that represented their interests. He spoke about how he had won a Republican committeeman position in Palm Beach County, Florida, by campaigning door to door with no experience.

#4 Don had been relying on his only child, Derek, more than ever lately. He had helped manage the growing business of Stormfront, which had crashed under the weight of 120,000 users on the night of Obama’s election to the presidency. Derek had begun to make more salient points than his father.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jun 7, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822532519

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Contents

Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 4

Insights from Chapter 5

Insights from Chapter 6

Insights from Chapter 7

Insights from Chapter 8

Insights from Chapter 9

Insights from Chapter 10

Insights from Chapter 11

Insights from Chapter 12

Insights from Chapter 13

Insights from Chapter 14

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

The Klansmen and neo-Nazis met in Memphis in 2008. Derek Black, then 19, was the community college student who started a live radio broadcast of the event for the online radio station he founded.

#2

Derek Black, the son of Don Black, a former KKK leader, was a speaker at the conference. He was polite and articulate, but never used racist slurs. He spoke about what he believed to be the facts of racial science and immigration.

#3

Derek, the radio host, spoke about how white people were tired of being called racist and were looking for a political party that represented their interests. He spoke about how he had won a Republican committeeman position in Palm Beach County, Florida, by campaigning door to door with no experience.

#4

Don had been relying on his only child, Derek, more than ever lately. He had helped manage the growing business of Stormfront, which had crashed under the weight of 120,000 users on the night of Obama’s election to the presidency. Derek had begun to make more salient points than his father.

#5

Don, the founder of Stormfront, was a white supremacist and radio show host. Derek, the other founder, was a quiet student who pored over his family’s 1914 Encyclopaedia Britannica. He decided white nationalism could only grow into a viable political movement if it adopted a new language of its own.

#6

As Derek’s fame grew, so did the controversy around him. The Republican committee in Palm Beach County, Florida, voted to ban him from taking his elected seat because of his racist views.

#7

The radio DJ took a break from playing classic rock and asked his listeners to call in with their thoughts about Derek. He’s saying what we’ve all