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In her book, The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration, (Cambridge University Press, July 2002), Professor Carol M. Swain of Vanderbilt University Law School writes about the new white nationalism movement. It is not the older racist right of the Ku Klux Klan or the American Nazi Party. The new white nationalists have jettisoned the tactics of those organizations and are smarter, more sophisticated, and more politically adroit. Their members are not blue-collar rednecks but are likely to be college-educated, financially secure, middle-class Americans. With slick, packaged politics, they have concealed the radicalism of their views and are gaining ground in mainstream America. Hot-button issues including affirmative action, black-on-white crime and immigration policies are being exploited by the new white nationalists to woo mainstream whites into extremist movements. They exploit real racial and ethnic policy concerns which should be given a forum for intelligent discourse, says Swain. In fact, Swain goes so far as to say that if liberals and African American leaders don=t start to address the legitimate concerns raised by the white nationalists on race matters, they risk being partly to blame for racial unrest in America. Courting controversy on all sides, Swain=s book both challenges liberals to re-examine their strategies on race issues which may be contributing to racial tensions, and warns conservatives, who may be drawn to some seemingly legitimate aspects of white nationalism, of its underlying racist and white supremacist nature. Since Swain began her book, racial tensions have only been exacerbated by the events of September 11 and the dangers posed by racial tension are even greater in this nation. "My book is a wake up call," says Swain. "We're at a point in history where we have an opportunity to avert disaster. I believe that unless we take action today, we=re headed for unprecedented levels of racial and ethnic conflict."For related stories: Advance Praise for The New White Nationalism in America by Carol M. Swain Dishonesty and hypocrisy in the discussion of issues pertaining to race are part of the sad legacy of racial injustice in the United States. These vices, in turn, feed cynicism and resentment, and impede the identification and implementation of policies that might actually ameliorate some of our worst social problems and even begin healing racial divisions. It is the great virtue of Carol Swain's work that she is willing to conduct honest inquiry into racial questions and bluntly tell the truth as she finds it. Drawing on the tools of social science as well as her own extraordinary personal experience, she shines a powerful light on issues ranging from crime and illegitimacy to affirmative action and the role of religion in promoting racial harmony. She offers her work on "white nationalism" as a challenge to liberals and a warning to conservatives. People across the ideological spectrum have a great deal to learn from this thoughtful and courageous scholar. --Robert P. George, Princeton University This is a disturbing book. Carol Swain bravely describes a world of white nationalists who reject racial integration. But where the establishment ignores these groups, Swain argues that the best response is debate rather than denial. The nationalists draw support because they express widespread white grievances that our leaders refuse to face--especially runaway immigration and affirmative action. Like Jefferson, Swain hears a fire bell in the night.--Lawrence M. Mead, New York University The New White Nationalism in America is a courageous book. It is certain to generate controversy. Scholars and concerned citizens may not fully agree with Carol Swain's thought provoking thesis on the rise of white nationalism and its implications for the future of American race relations. However, the force and intensity of her arguments will compel them to take the book seriously. --William Julius Wilson, Harvard UniversityThis book deserves to be taken very seriously even by those, like myself, who disagree strongly with some of its premises. It is deeply researched, passionately argued, and extraordinarily thought-provoking. Those who maintain the conventional liberal position on black-white relations in the United States will need to respond to its arguments and evidence with the same level of knowledge and intensity that Professor Swain manifests in this important work. --George M. Fredrickson, Stanford
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CAROL M. SWAIN is Professor of Political Science and Professor of Law at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee. She spent the first 10 years of her career teaching at Princeton University, where she was a tenured professor of political science and public policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs. Swain was one of twelve children born into rural poverty in Virginia, was a high school dropout who went on to get her GED, worked her way through community college, then earned a bachelor=s degree, a master=s degree, a Ph.D. (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) and an MLS (Yale University Law School). She is the author of Black Faces, Black Interests: The Representation of African Americans in Congress, (Harvard University Press, 1993) which won the Woodrow Wilson Prize, the D.B. Hardeman Prize, and the V. O. =Key Award. She has published numerous articles including op-eds in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal and The Chronicle of Higher Education. She lectures widely across the country, on issues ranging from congressional redistricting to the future of affirmative action programs.
The New White Nationalism in America: Its Challenge to Integration Carol M. Swain, Vanderbilt University Law School, Nashville, TN Pub. Date: July 4, 2002. Publisher: Cambridge University Press
For more information or to schedule an interview, Contact: Susannah Greenberg, Public Relations, 212-727-7271, publicity@bookbuzz.com Praise for BLACK FACES, BLACK INTERESTS The Representation of African Americans in Congress CAROL M. SWAIN (Harvard University Press, 1993) "Swain's commendable book raises fundamental questions...This is impressive work." --Lee A. Daniels, Washington Post Book World "[Swain's] book offers a critical counterpoint to the traditional arguments of voting rights advocates." --Political Science Quarterly "An important analysis in an area of growing scholarly debate and political controversy." --American Politics Review "Black Faces, Black Interests is an interesting and timely examination of African-American representation in the United States Congress...This is a significant book that boldly broaches issues that have seriously divided the black community. Not only does it draw our attention to an overlooked topic in political science (the representational styles of African-American members of Congress), it also challenges the orthodox view that black political interests can best be represented by the creation of heavily packed, racial gerrymandered districts likely, if not certain, to elect minority MCs. Swain rejects this conclusion, arguing forcefully and optimistically not only that black interests can be represented well by white legislators, but also that black politicians can be elected from and serve well majority white districts." --L. Marvin Overby, Public Choice
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