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The white power rock 'n' roll is helpful in recruiting, isn't it?
Yes. The rise of white power rock 'n' roll has been very important to the racist movement. Currently there are more than 50,000 [white power] CDs being sold every year in America. It's extremely violent in its rhetoric and lyrics. The songs call for murdering black people or creating a racial holy war or a whites-only revolution, and they're increasingly being sold to teenagers and people in their early 20s.
You can also sample racist music through the Resistance Records site. There's a racy little number on it right now called "Aryan Love Song." Is this exposure changing the sort of people that hate-mongers reach?
Yes. The racist rock music helps to recruit white middle-class and upper-class kids, which is something that the movement is very interested in doing. It's very attractive to kids, particularly brighter, more affluent kids who are on the Internet. The movement for ages has been interested in getting brighter people into its ranks. It doesn't just want street thugs who can beat up black people in bars. What it's really looking for is its future leaders, its tacticians and strategists who can create a second revolution, as opposed to those who can just beat up a few people. And this is something the Net may really be helping with.
How else are they using sites to recruit?
Some of the sites are specifically designed for young children. The most dramatic example of this is the World Church of the Creator, a neo-Nazi group with a great many chapters which cites the Bible to justify racism and anti-Semitism. In the last several months they've put up a site called Creativity for Kids. It looks for all the world like a "Sesame Street" for haters. It's done in a sort of colored crayon look in script. It takes you a while to understand what it's all about, except that in its introductory page it says: "World Church of the Creator. Kids. Creativity for Children. Purpose. The purpose for making this page is to help the young members of the white race understand our fight."
What do you make of the Internet hoax that led would-be newspaper readers to Don Black's site?
This is new. But it's another example of hate-mongers crashing into the homes of people who would never consciously read their material. It's like what the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has been doing in at least four areas recently, for example the San Jose, Calif., area. They take free newspapers from boxes, insert Klan literature and then toss the papers onto door stoops or lawns so people open what they think is an advertiser and find something inside advocating violence against blacks. The American Knights have taken responsibility for this. They think it's a very groovy way of reaching people.
SALON | Oct. 16, 1998
Ros Davidson is a frequent contributor to Salon.

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		WEB OF HATE \| PAGE 1, 2 - - - - - - - - - - The white power rock 'n' roll is helpful in recruiting, isn't it? Yes. The rise of white power rock 'n' roll has been very important to the racist movement. Currently there are more than 50,000 [white power] CDs being sold every year in America. It's extremely violent in its rhetoric and lyrics. The songs call for murdering black people or creating a racial holy war or a whites-only revolution, and they're increasingly being sold to teenagers and people in their early 20s. You can also sample racist music through the Resistance Records site. There's a racy little number on it right now called "Aryan Love Song." Is this exposure changing the sort of people that hate-mongers reach? Yes. The racist rock music helps to recruit white middle-class and upper-class kids, which is something that the movement is very interested in doing. It's very attractive to kids, particularly brighter, more affluent kids who are on the Internet. The movement for ages has been interested in getting brighter people into its ranks. It doesn't just want street thugs who can beat up black people in bars. What it's really looking for is its future leaders, its tacticians and strategists who can create a second revolution, as opposed to those who can just beat up a few people. And this is something the Net may really be helping with. How else are they using sites to recruit? Some of the sites are specifically designed for young children. The most dramatic example of this is the World Church of the Creator, a neo-Nazi group with a great many chapters which cites the Bible to justify racism and anti-Semitism. In the last several months they've put up a site called Creativity for Kids. It looks for all the world like a "Sesame Street" for haters. It's done in a sort of colored crayon look in script. It takes you a while to understand what it's all about, except that in its introductory page it says: "World Church of the Creator. Kids. Creativity for Children. Purpose. The purpose for making this page is to help the young members of the white race understand our fight." What do you make of the Internet hoax that led would-be newspaper readers to Don Black's site? This is new. But it's another example of hate-mongers crashing into the homes of people who would never consciously read their material. It's like what the American Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has been doing in at least four areas recently, for example the San Jose, Calif., area. They take free newspapers from boxes, insert Klan literature and then toss the papers onto door stoops or lawns so people open what they think is an advertiser and find something inside advocating violence against blacks. The American Knights have taken responsibility for this. They think it's a very groovy way of reaching people. SALON \| Oct. 16, 1998 Ros Davidson is a frequent contributor to Salon.