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My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding
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David Duke's autobiography.
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Hardcover, 717 pages
Published
December 1998
by Free Speech Books
(first published 1998)
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Evil purpose behind the curtain. Propagates genocidal, racist and prejudicial propaganda in the name of science.
**2nd reading of this book**
Occasionally, I like to read a book because I expect it to challenge my beliefs and cause me to think. This is the second time I've read this book and it is hard to read it without nodding your head to some of what Dr. Duke says and saying yes, this makes sense.
Dr. Duke is a White Nationist, which is a political ideology which advocates a distinct identity for white people and a separate all-white nation state. This is not necessarily the same as a white supremacist ...more
Occasionally, I like to read a book because I expect it to challenge my beliefs and cause me to think. This is the second time I've read this book and it is hard to read it without nodding your head to some of what Dr. Duke says and saying yes, this makes sense.
Dr. Duke is a White Nationist, which is a political ideology which advocates a distinct identity for white people and a separate all-white nation state. This is not necessarily the same as a white supremacist ...more
9.5/10
I stayed away from this book even when it wasn't banned because of my impression of Duke as a fraud and huckster. However, as I've aged and consumed almost every available piece of racialist and Rightist literature from the centuries since the French revolution, I decided to give this one a try. Because of the widespread ban, I got a copy directly from Duke (sold, not given), as a bonus inscribed to me in what appears to be blue ballpoint with an apropos quotation from one of my own writin ...more
I stayed away from this book even when it wasn't banned because of my impression of Duke as a fraud and huckster. However, as I've aged and consumed almost every available piece of racialist and Rightist literature from the centuries since the French revolution, I decided to give this one a try. Because of the widespread ban, I got a copy directly from Duke (sold, not given), as a bonus inscribed to me in what appears to be blue ballpoint with an apropos quotation from one of my own writin ...more
There's something vicariously exhilarating about spending time with heretics and outcasts. There are few people who fit the bill better than David Duke. Sure, this books could have been two or three hundred pages shorter, with a good editor--but he makes his case clearly and consistently.
I am familiar with hatemongers, and while the media seems to have a vested interest in painting Duke as one; he's clearly not. His ideas are difficult to classify, but they most certainly do not bear the reacti ...more
I am familiar with hatemongers, and while the media seems to have a vested interest in painting Duke as one; he's clearly not. His ideas are difficult to classify, but they most certainly do not bear the reacti ...more
Apr 07, 2008
Pat Schakelvoort
rated it
it was amazing
Recommends it for:
Upperclass fench sitting racists who wanna be padded on the back
Good book on white nationalism. Although it`s a bit too defensive, too obsessed with the media image of being bigoted and hateful. This book aims at the sympathy of it`s readers and not at guts and balls.
It doesn`t agitate you to take a stand. It just gives the idea that white separatism isn`t that bad. Especially when non-whites complain of being oppressed by white supremacy. So why not separate and leave each other alone. ...more
It doesn`t agitate you to take a stand. It just gives the idea that white separatism isn`t that bad. Especially when non-whites complain of being oppressed by white supremacy. So why not separate and leave each other alone. ...more
May 13, 2008
Wendy
rated it
it was ok
Recommends it for:
Conspiracy Theorists
Recommended to Wendy by:
Dizzy
This book was written by David Duke, ex leader of the KKK. It's not at all what you expect, especially in the beginning. David starts the story attempting to appeal to the human side of a would be racist by telling stories about his nanny, who was a black woman, and how he loved her, and how she didn't like the idea of integration.
This leads into Davids battle with himself and his confusion where racial concerns were becoming a problem in his daily life and as he grew into a man and into politi ...more
This leads into Davids battle with himself and his confusion where racial concerns were becoming a problem in his daily life and as he grew into a man and into politi ...more
الحقيقة أن الكتاب يقدم معلومات و وثائق عن مدى نفوذ اليهود في العالم و يميط اللثام عن أشياء رهيبة... و قد تفاجأت كثيرا
إلا أن ما جعلني أعطيه نجمتين فقط أنه كتاب عنصري، فهو ينطلق من مواقفه من اليهود ليس احقاقا للحق و انتصارا للعدالة بسبب جرائم الصهاينة في فلسطين، و إنما بسبب عرقي... و هذه العنصرية تجعل المرء لا يستسيغ الكلام كثيرا
لأن سبب كراهيتي للصهاينة هو كونهم ظالمين و مجرمي حرب و قتلة و عنصريين و ليس كونهم يهود
و أنا لا أحب العنصرية و لا أقبلها حتى تجاه العنصريين أنفسهم لأن الله تعالى يقول
و لا ي ...more
إلا أن ما جعلني أعطيه نجمتين فقط أنه كتاب عنصري، فهو ينطلق من مواقفه من اليهود ليس احقاقا للحق و انتصارا للعدالة بسبب جرائم الصهاينة في فلسطين، و إنما بسبب عرقي... و هذه العنصرية تجعل المرء لا يستسيغ الكلام كثيرا
لأن سبب كراهيتي للصهاينة هو كونهم ظالمين و مجرمي حرب و قتلة و عنصريين و ليس كونهم يهود
و أنا لا أحب العنصرية و لا أقبلها حتى تجاه العنصريين أنفسهم لأن الله تعالى يقول
و لا ي ...more
Nunca me convenció mucho eso de leer ciertos libros sólo para “entender cómo piensa el enemigo”. Nada tiene para aportarnos esa lectura estratégica si ya decidimos de antemano la condena de un libro, o si ya tenemos preparado nuestro arsenal dialéctico para refutar todos sus argumentos. Por mi parte, si ya sé que un libro no puede aportarme nada, si me considero del todo inmune a él, creo que no tiene sentido leerlo.
El fenómeno que llamamos suspensión de la incredulidad es uno de los grandes apo ...more
El fenómeno que llamamos suspensión de la incredulidad es uno de los grandes apo ...more
If you ever come across a copy of this book, do it a favor and drown it.
I just finished this rather ponderous work. It’s over six hundred pages, albeit in a large font.
Duke wrote this in 1998, when the Internet was in its infancy. He’s quite enthusiastic about the Internet, stating on page 653 that it “allows cross examination on every issue!”
I share that enthusiasm, and keeping with the spirit of it I cross referenced some of the claims in his book. I’ll cite just two examples (of quite a few) that I delved into.
On page 41 Duke provides a “quote” from Abraham Linco ...more
Duke wrote this in 1998, when the Internet was in its infancy. He’s quite enthusiastic about the Internet, stating on page 653 that it “allows cross examination on every issue!”
I share that enthusiasm, and keeping with the spirit of it I cross referenced some of the claims in his book. I’ll cite just two examples (of quite a few) that I delved into.
On page 41 Duke provides a “quote” from Abraham Linco ...more
كتاب جيد ولكن انا أستغرب من عدم ترجمة الكتاب كاملاً كما كتبه المؤلف لدرجة عدم ترجمة العنوان الصحيح للكتاب؟! يبدو ان المترجم ركز فقط على ترجمة النصوص التي تتكلم عن اليهود فقط!! لذلك أنصح من يتقن اللغة الانجليزية ان يقرأه باللغة الانجليزية بغض النظر عن عنصرية ديفيد ديوك
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This was a fascinating read. It's basically 3 books in one, all interconnected; a thesis and an autobiography.
The 3 parts are: an autobiography of David Duke, an overview of race science, and an overview of the JQ. The latter two parts are very well-cited, and I don't recall finding anything immediately factually objectionable in either of them.
The autobiography was the most interesting part for me. Duke is maybe the most attacked and misrepresented individual in the American media, and yet stil ...more
The 3 parts are: an autobiography of David Duke, an overview of race science, and an overview of the JQ. The latter two parts are very well-cited, and I don't recall finding anything immediately factually objectionable in either of them.
The autobiography was the most interesting part for me. Duke is maybe the most attacked and misrepresented individual in the American media, and yet stil ...more
David Duke is a controversial character, but it doesn't mean you can't learn something from his life and thoughts. As of his writing, he was a passionate Nationalist and had some extreme views on race. He follows a social and evolutionary viewpoint to the (quite natural) conclusion of discernible differences between black and white, gentile and Jew, hetero- and homosexual, which informed his hard stances on things in areas of immigration and national politics. He describes the harsh realities he
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When people call David Duke a you know what, I know they haven't read My Awakening. Even the KKK issue is dealt with by Duke with elegance and good humor! Seriously, read what the man says without rampaging like running undead corpses on keyboards thinking they are winning arguments by shouting and mentally burning this blond haired and blue eyed man at the stake.
Above I wrote running undead corpses because the word zombie is so overused that it turns the brain of the reader off. Other brain de ...more
Above I wrote running undead corpses because the word zombie is so overused that it turns the brain of the reader off. Other brain de ...more
ebook review : A very detailed accounting of the formation of his political views and reasoning for his activism. Gives a detailed narration of the political issues of white nationalism.
Honestly I'm impressed. I came into reading this book with a lot of preconceived notions regarding Duke, his ideas and the kind of person that he is. This book is a refreshing, fun, sad, interesting and contemplative account of his childhood and his development. I recommend.
Still reading though. Maybe it will take a turn. :) ...more
Still reading though. Maybe it will take a turn. :) ...more
Pretty much considered "the bible" of the white nationalist movement, this is a brilliant, epic work. Whatever you think of the author, this book is a fascinating personal story, meticulously researched, and most powerfully argued. Duke brilliantly articulates, with irrefutable logic, preecisely the need for white people to regain a sense of racial consciousness, and to break the taboos.
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Awesome and totally a must read about hard questions one faces today. I was amazed at his consistent unbiased review and opinion of things while teaching and letting you come to your own conclusions. If you don't own this buy it NOW!
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An insight into the mind of one of the most intelligent, well spoken, & influential leaders of White racialism & proponent of White Civil Rights.
Once you read it your view will change regarding this influential & intelligent individual.
Once you read it your view will change regarding this influential & intelligent individual.
May 04, 2020
Borders Are Global Apartheid
rated it
did not like it
Shelves:
status-misc,
evil-shit-garbage
The paper is a little rough on my asshole. This is no Charmin, that's for sure.
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There’s too much on the inferiority of the Negro (and I didn’t need convincing); about the right amount on the extreme shiftiness of the Jew; the second half I didn’t read queries the Holocaust, and though I know Jews would have put it over to gain a country if they had to, I don’t believe they did (Hitler really hated them (perhaps understandably), and his word was gospel in the Third Reich), but I’m not quite ready to go that far out; and finally we follow Duke on his travels around the world,
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Mar 16, 2008
Sherry
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I am not a racist I swear! A friend of mine is into his "heritage" and Duke is one of those authors that he has referred to as sharing similiar views. Since, I try to live life with an open-mind, I was curious about what this former Klan member had to say and I will have to say that I am rather surprised by what I have been reading.....I have read about 10 chapter thus far.
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الكتاب قرأته بنسخته العربية و هو كتاب مهم يشرح بالتفصيل التدخل اليهودي في أمريكا و السياسة الأمريكية و أعتقد أنه مهم لغير العرب و المسلمين الذين لايعرفون أو لم يسمعوا بهذا التأثير
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