The book concludes with a nuanced, challenging analysis that urges readers to rethink conventional ways of knowing about racial equality, civil rights, and the Internet.ĭaniels (City Univ.
The author debunks the common assumptions that the Internet is either an inherently democratizing technology or an effective 'recruiting' tool for white supremacists.
The result is a first-rate analysis of cyber racism within the global information age. Interviews with a small sample of teenagers as they surf the web show how they encounter cloaked sites and attempt to make sense of them, mostly unsuccessfully. Included are examples of open as well as 'cloaked' sites which disguise white supremacy sources as legitimate civil rights websites. The book examines how white supremacist organizations have translated their printed publications onto the Internet.
In this exploration of the way racism is translated from the print-only era to the cyber era the author takes the reader through a devastatingly informative tour of white supremacy online.
