My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding

My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding

Cover of the first edition
Author David Duke
Country United States
Language English
Published 1998
Publisher Free Speech Press
Media type Print
ISBN 9781892796004

My Awakening: A Path to Racial Understanding is a 1998 autobiography[1] written by David Duke.[2]

Duke reported 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]

Summary

Duke details his social philosophies and the reasoning behind racial segregation.

Glayde Whitney, a Florida State University psychology professor who generated controversy by writing that blacks are generally more violent than whites, wrote the foreword to the book, calling Duke a "seeker of truth."[4]

Reception

The Anti-Defamation League book review called, "David Duke's My Awakening: A Minor League Mein Kampf", and refers to it as containing racist, antisemitic, sexist, and anti-gay views.[5]

See also

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". The 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". The Los Angeles Times. January 11, 2002.
  5. ↑ Foxman, Abraham (January 1999). "David Duke's My Awakening: A Minor League Mein Kampf". Anti-Defamation League. Retrieved 2006-11-16.


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