Society & Culture
On this episode...I revisit "The Hate Project" episode 32 which originally aired on July 29, 2013. Interview with a former member of a white nationalist group who still holds many of the beliefs in the movement. Other topics check the time stamps below! *00:00 - Intro to Episode. Topics include:-Never Again Action direct protest of ICE detention centers: https://www.neveragainaction.com-The ecosystem that sustains white supremacists -how well-meaning liberals maintain racial stereotypes and hierarchies -the futility of winning over bigoted hearts and minds *18:29 - Hate Project Ep. 32 begins-guest host Carlos Danger, abstinence-only educator*18:29 - Discussion of Derek Black leaving the white nationalist movement and debunking many of the movement's beliefs. -Discussion/Debate of white privilege with people in the chat room, including the Peggy McIntosh white privilege essay.*51:00 - "Kennewick Man" calls in – former member of the National Alliance Neo-nazi group. Left the group but still maintains the beliefs. -KM left the group only because he felt betrayed by leadership…and he was dating an Asian woman. -I challenge the hypocrisy of dating an Asian woman while he would not be happy with an Asian man dating a white woman. -KM reveals that he writes financial articles, at the time of this interview he was writing an article for someone who is possibly well known, didn’t want to reveal who. -Even though no longer in the white nationalist movement, KM still believes in separation of races -KM explains that he became a neo-Nazi because he felt alienated from the Mexicans around him growing up in Southern Texas, and wanted to connect to his German heritage. I share that I was picked on by white people because of my skin, and I didn’t join a hate group. -Discussion of what is "white".-I challenge KM's white nationalist alignment and how it conflicts with him living in Asia. -KM describes having a difficult time living in Taiwan, demonstrates an inappropriately and unearned super-entitled attitude about it, brags about getting a free ride in China and Korea. I challenge him by saying a lot of immigrants in America are going through what he went through, and worse. *1:51:00 - "Non-Member" calls in, possibly meant to be a prank call, asks Kennewick's advice on dating Asian women. *1:57:04 - Outro Email: paradoxofcivility@gmail.comTwitter: @civilpodcastFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/paradoxofcivility/ References from episode:Never Again Action: https://www.neveragainaction.comDerek Black: https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651052970/how-a-rising-star-of-white-nationalism-broke-free-from-the-movement Peggy McIntosh, white privilege: https://www.racialequitytools.org/resourcefiles/mcintosh.pdf Marcus Epstein, white nationalist who writes for WSJ, Forbes: https://boingboing.net/2019/06/18/ex-gop-staffer-who-wrote-for-w.html Katie McHugh, former Alt-righter: https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/rosiegray/katie-mchugh Music: Gnossienne no. 1 by International Surrealist Bulletinis licensed under a CC0 1.0 Universal License.Remedy for Melancholy by Kai Engel is licensed under a Attribution License.