The White Separatist Movement in the United States: White Power, White Pride!

by Betty A. Dobratz and Stephanie L. Shanks-Meile

A compelling and disquieting look at America's white separatist movement.

Winner of the Scholarly Achievement Award of the North Central Sociological AssociationSelected by Choice Magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title

Although the white separatist movement stereotype is that of a Southern phenomenon tied to an uneducated and disenfranchised segment of men, sociologists Betty A. Dobratz and Stephanie L. Shanks-Meile show...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801865379
• ISBN13: 9780801865374
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 0.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

The White Separatist Movement in the United States

The White Separatist Movement in United States: White Power White Pride is a very fair book written by two Left wing feminists who try very hard to keep their feeling of hate and disgust for us out of the book, and they do a very good job. This is a well researched book. These ladies spent a lot of money and time traveling America to talk to many people in the movement. They did not just rehash some old ADL reports like most reporters do, and the book is proof of their hard work. This is a fresh look at the movement through the eyes of two Left wing Eggheads. To show you how far to the Left they are, in the back of the book they called the super liberal rag The New Republic a right wing publication. I got a real kick out of that. This is a great book for an overview of the race movement in America. A lot of good info and most of it is correct, at least from their worldview of us. These ladies interviewed me last summer for a book on Odinism they are planning to write. I don't know what they're going to call it. Also, a man named Mardell is coming out with a book on Asatru called the Gods of Blood. Which will be coming out soon.

Finally a non-bias look at white pride

It's really refreshing to read a book that doesn't reinforce the stereotype that pro-white groups/individuals are inbred, backwoods, barefoot rednecks that wear stupid costumes.(...) I couldn't put this book down. (...)

Very Fair and Objective

The authors provide an even handed and honest assessment of the pro-white movement in the united states. It is well worth the price and a good read.

Honest, Interesting, and Informative

There have been dozens of poorly researched books written about the White nationalist movement in America, and "White Power, White Pride!" is the only exception. The other books are not objective and they just repeat the semi-truths and outright falsehoods that circulate in the controlled news media rather than doing original research, which is what Dobratz and Shanks-Meile did.This book is primarily descriptive. It tells the history of the "movement" and describes today's major groups and leaders, who they are, what they believe, and what they do. The authors give an unbiased account of the FBI's and AFT's wars against Whites -- Gordon Kahl, Ruby Ridge, and Bob Matthew's Silent Brotherhood -- as well as the FBI's illegal and underhanded war against the Klan and other White groups. It does have a few dry parts where these two professors describe how the movement fits into Sociology's theories. Dobratz and Shanks-Meile don't seem to understand that the White movement is a biological struggle for survival and not a sociological movement. Nevertheless (from my perspective as someone in the "movement"), I highly recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the White movement. There is a wealth of interesting material in here for journalists, and no newsroom should be without a copy.

Excellent new approach to a largely misunderstood phenomenon

Dobratz & Shanks-Meile have taken an in-depth and responsible approach to a largely misunderstood phenomenon. "White Power, White Pride!" offers insights which similar works have failed to provide due to lack of objectivity or sloppy research. The authors deal with their subject as conscientious professionals. The key to dealing with a problem is to properly understand a problem. Dobratz & Shanks-Meile have provided a great first step toward a humane, reasonable solution to the issue of irrational hatred stemming from European-American alienation. // MILTON JOHN KLEIM, JR., former "White Power" movement advocate