{"product_id":"rising-out-of-hatred-the-awakening-of-a-former-white-nationalist-9780525434955","title":"Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe powerful story of how a prominent white supremacist changed his heart and mind. \u003cb\u003eFrom the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter, t\u003c\/b\u003ehis is a book to help us understand the American moment and to help us better understand one another. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRising Out of Hatred\u003c\/i\u003e proclaims if the successor to the white nationalist movement can forsake his ideological upbringing, can rebirth himself in antiracism, then \u003ci\u003ewe can too\u003c\/i\u003e no matter the personal cost. This book is an inspiration.\" --Ibram X. Kendi, bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eHow to Be An Antiracist\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDerek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. By the time Derek turned nineteen, he had become an elected politician with his own daily radio show--already regarded as the \"the leading light\" of the burgeoning white nationalist movement. \"We can infiltrate,\" Derek once told a crowd of white nationalists. \"We can take the country back.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThen he went to college. At New College of Florida, he continued to broadcast his radio show in secret each morning, living a double life until a classmate uncovered his identity and sent an email to the entire school. \"Derek Black ... white supremacist, radio host ... New College student \" The ensuing uproar overtook one of the most liberal colleges in the country. Some students protested Derek's presence on campus, forcing him to reconcile for the first time with the ugliness of his beliefs. Other students found the courage to reach out to him, including an Orthodox Jew who invited Derek to attend weekly Shabbat dinners. It was because of those dinners--and the wide-ranging relationships formed at that table--that Derek started to question the science, history, and prejudices behind his worldview. As white nationalism infiltrated the political mainstream, Derek decided to confront the damage he had done.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRising Out of Hatred \u003c\/i\u003etells the story of how white-supremacist ideas migrated from the far-right fringe to the White House through the intensely personal saga of one man who eventually disavowed everything he was taught to believe, at tremendous personal cost. With great empathy and narrative verve, Eli Saslow asks what Derek Black's story can tell us about America's increasingly divided nature.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eELI SASLOW is a reporter for \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and the author of VOICES FROM THE PANDEMIC, TEN LETTERS, AMERICAN HUNGER, and RISING OUT OF HATRED, which won the 2019 Dayton Literary Peace Prize. He was awarded The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2014 and Feature Writing in 2023 and was a Pulitzer Finalist in Feature Writing in 2013, 2016 and 2017.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50604654690578,"sku":"9780525434955","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_419e7d89-f596-4a88-8303-1bd8297d1614.jpg?v=1732262375","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/rising-out-of-hatred-the-awakening-of-a-former-white-nationalist-9780525434955","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}