My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding
Cover of the first edition | |
Author | David Duke |
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Published | 1998 |
Publisher | Free Speech Press |
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ISBN | 9781892796004 |
My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding is a 1998 autobiography[1] written by David Duke.[2]
Duke reported in 1999 that Louisiana Republican governor Mike Foster's money had essentially financed My Awakening after Duke told a grand jury that during the 1995 Louisiana governor's race Foster had secretly bought Duke's list of contributors and supporters.[3]
Summary
Duke details his social philosophies and the reasoning behind racial segregation.
Glayde Whitney, a Florida State University psychology professor who generated controversy by writing that blacks are generally more violent than whites, wrote the foreword to the book, calling Duke a "seeker of truth."[4]
Reception
The Anti-Defamation League book review called, "David Duke's My Awakening: A Minor League Mein Kampf", and refers to it as containing racist, antisemitic, sexist, and anti-gay views.[5]
See also
References
- ↑ Janofsky, Michael (January 3, 1999). "David Duke Heads North to Raise Money for House Race". The New York Times.
- ↑ Berry, Jason (June 13, 1999). "Politically Out of Favor, David Duke Still Casts a Shadow". The Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ Firestone, David (June 22, 1999). "A Dealing With David Duke Haunts Louisiana Governor". The New York Times.
- ↑ "Glayde Whitney, 62; Author of Controversial Theory on Race, Genes". The Los Angeles Times. January 11, 2002.
- ↑ Foxman, Abraham (January 1999). "David Duke's My Awakening: A Minor League Mein Kampf". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2006-11-16.