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Journalist Vegas Tenold spent about five years with white nationalist Matthew Heimbach and various white power groups that comprise the fractious far right during the years leading up to Trump‘s election and the riot at Charlottesville. The quote above was his ultimate takeaway. A depressing, often horrifying, but important look at the way Trump‘s rise to power emboldened these hate groups.

In these divisive times, a book like this is a rough read. The author is a journalist from Norway who spent years traveling the US with various white nationalist figures. The good news is there aren‘t massive groups of people involved in the far right. The bad news is that those who are involved are hateful and vitriolic. Tenold balances the emotion with dispassionate historical reporting.

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These two books with related but opposing perspectives landed at the top of my stacks at the same time. I‘m not going to fight it! Reading them at the same time is either going to make me crazy or keep me sane. #whatacombo

Just some light reading before bed 😳 necessary reading, but the people that need to read it, won‘t

Renewed my NYPL card and grabbed a few things.

Sort of a long essay that doesn‘t really have a strong conclusion, at once cartoonishly evil and chilling, and still a very good read.

I never realized just how ignorant and backward some still think....I had to stop and start this several times because I became so angry. This book is why we need to prosecute white nationalist and hate crimes....this is why people needs their right to be defined, and protected. They are poor, and blame the world for it. So glad I read this eye opener. Well written and researched, and points out both sides of this rising problem in the USA.

Engrossing look at white nationalist movements in the US, written by a journalist who formed relationships with leaders and followers. Eye opening. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (excellent audiobook narration too)

Me right now, trying to read this book after a late night & a long day of work. How do people stay awake all night to read, I'll never be able to do it.
#bedbynine #getasolideight

I didn‘t know if I could read this book and yet I blazed right through it. Tenold provides an unbelievably detailed view of the inner workings of the white nationalist movement. For over five years Tenold entrenched himself in with white nationalist. This book basically describes the people and events that led up to Charlottesville. Extremely relevant and unsettling read.
Thanks Netgalley for this book in exchange for an honest review.

And this is when it gets real! One of the KKK leaders he meets during the writing of this story was in Charlottesville in August and has now been charged for firing his gun during the protest, though no one was hurt. He will be going to trial! This is what this kind of hate leads to! Lets not forget that a young woman died that day...

I‘m reading this. After avoiding every single article regarding white supremacy to be released in the last year or so I decided to request this book from Netgalley. Tenold has been hanging around white supremacists since late 2010 and I think thats the real reason I wanted to read this book. I‘ve known that white supremacist have always existed. I wanted to see how they evolved these last few years. This is interesting, straight forward, revealing