My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding

My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding
US first edition cover
AuthorDavid Duke
LanguageEnglish
Published1998
PublisherFree Speech Press
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint
ISBN9781892796004

My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding is a 1998 autobiography[1] written by David Duke.[2] Duke's social philosophies are outlined, including the reasoning behind his advocacy of racial segregation.

Duke said 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]

Glayde Whitney, a Florida State University psychology professor, wrote the foreword to the book, calling Duke a "seeker of truth."[4]

Reception

In a book review by Abraham Foxman, then National Director of the Anti-Defamation League (ADL), My Awakening was described as "a Minor League Mein Kampf", and Foxman commented that it espouses racist, antisemitic, sexist, and homophobic attitudes.[5]

References

  1. ^ Janofsky, Michael (January 3, 1999). "David Duke Heads North to Raise Money for House Race". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Berry, Jason (June 13, 1999). "Politically Out of Favor, David Duke Still Casts a Shadow". Los Angeles Times.
  3. ^ Firestone, David (June 22, 1999). "A Dealing With David Duke Haunts Louisiana Governor". The New York Times.
  4. ^ "Glayde Whitney, 62; Author of Controversial Theory on Race, Genes". Los Angeles Times. January 11, 2002.
  5. ^ Foxman, Abraham (January 1999). "David Duke's My Awakening: A Minor League Mein Kampf". Anti-Defamation League. Archived from the original on 2006-11-14. Retrieved 2006-11-16.


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