Cyber Racism: White Supremacy Online and the New Attack on Civil Rights (Perspectives on a Multiracial America) - Softcover

Daniels, Jessie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0742561585 ISBN 13: 9780742561588

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2009

Synopsis

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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About the Author

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.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0742561585
• ISBN 13: 9780742561588
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 278