Rising Out of Hatred: The Awakening of a Former White Nationalist in Around the Year in 52 Books

Mar 18, 2024 Laura rated it it was amazing

I came across this book because I fell down the rabbit hole of looking at the different audiobooks read by this narrator (Scott Brick).

And, woah. I couldn’t put this down! I think it is so fascinating to hear about someone changing their mind. That liminal space in which you have cognitive dissonance, where something has to give. Either you will reject the new idea or change completely.

You also see in this book the importance of having friends you disagree with. On big issues. Echo chambers hu ...more

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Feb 22, 2019 Martha rated it it was amazing

A remarkable story that I'll be thinking about for a long, long time. I don't think I could have been one of the students who reached out, but I also don't think Derek was a typical white nationalist. I'm so glad I read this book! ...more

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Mar 05, 2020 Kathleen (itpdx) rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: lwv-book-group, non-fiction

Derek Black was part of a "blended" family. His father, Don Black, started Stormfront, a white nationalist website and was Grand Wizard of the Knights of the KKK. Derek's godfather (and father of his half-sisters) is David Duke, who the Anti-Defamation League has described as "perhaps America’s most well-known racist and anti-Semite". Derek grew up going to white nationalist conferences, helping his dad with the Stormfront website. Derek chose to go to New College Florida and this is the story o ...more

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