Derek Black grew up at the epicenter of white nationalism. His father founded Stormfront, the largest racist community on the Internet. His godfather, David Duke, was a KKK Grand Wizard. By the time Derek turned nineteen, he had become an elected politician with his own daily radio show - already regarded as the "the leading light" of the burgeoning white nationalist movement. "We can infiltrate," Derek once told a crowd of white nationalists. "We can take the country back."
Then he went to college. Derek had been home-schooled by his parents, steeped in the culture of white supremacy, and he had rarely encountered diverse perspectives or direct outrage against his beliefs. At New College of Florida, he continued to broadcast his radio show in secret each morning, living a double life until a classmate uncovered his identity and sent an email to the entire school. "Derek Black...white supremacist, radio host...New College student???"
The ensuing uproar overtook one of the most liberal colleges in the country. Some students protested Derek's presence on campus, forcing him to reconcile for the first time with the ugliness his beliefs. Other students found the courage to reach out to him, including an Orthodox Jew who invited Derek to attend weekly Shabbat dinners. It was because of those dinners--and the wide-ranging relationships formed at that table--that Derek started to question the science, history and prejudices behind his worldview. As white nationalism infiltrated the political mainstream, Derek decided to confront the damage he had done.
Rising Out of Hatred tells the story of how white-supremacist ideas migrated from the far-right fringe to the White House through the intensely personal saga of one man who eventually disavowed everything he was taught to believe, at tremendous personal cost. With great empathy and narrative verve, Eli Saslow asks what Derek's story can tell us about America's increasingly divided nature. This is a book to help us understand the American moment and to help us better understand one another.
Eli Saslow is a Washington Post staff writer and author of Ten Letters: The Stories Americans Tell Their President. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2014 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Feature Writing in 2013, 2016 and 2017. He lives in Oregon with his wife and children.
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评分这本书中最让我感到震撼的,是它对人性复杂性的深刻剖析,它完全避免了简单地将角色划分为“好人”和“坏蛋”的窠臼。举例来说,那个被设定为主要反派的角色,他的动机和行动逻辑,在某些章节中竟能让人产生强烈的同情甚至理解。作者没有试图为他的恶行辩护,而是极其冷静地展示了是什么样的环境、什么样的创伤,一步步将一个曾经怀抱理想的人扭曲成如今的模样。这种深度挖掘,使得整个故事的张力达到了极高的水平。每一次冲突的爆发,都不仅仅是力量或者计谋上的较量,更是两种截然不同的人生哲学之间的碰撞。我甚至在深夜里思考,如果我置身于那个情境,我是否也能坚守住最初的原则。书中关于“选择与代价”的哲学思辨,贯穿始终,它迫使读者去直面那些我们日常生活中倾向于回避的道德困境。阅读体验是沉重而又充实的,因为它让你在情感上付出了极大的共鸣,但精神上又得到了极大的拓展。
评分我必须特别指出,这本书的语言风格是极其多变的,显示出作者深厚的文学功底和对不同语境的精准拿捏能力。在描述那些宏大、史诗般的战争场面时,文字变得如同重锤般有力,排比句的使用如同鼓点,充满了不可阻挡的气势,每一个动词都仿佛能听到金属的撞击声。然而,当叙事转入角色内心独白或是涉及古代文献的引用时,语言风格又会陡然一转,变得古典、考究,甚至带着一种古奥的韵味,仿佛直接从尘封的羊皮卷上拓印下来一般,需要读者放慢语速,细细品味其中的深层含义。这种在“力量感”和“精致感”之间的无缝切换,极大地丰富了阅读的层次感。我甚至会停下来,对着一些句子进行默读,感受其内在的韵律和节奏,仿佛在欣赏一首精心编排的交响乐。这种对语言工具箱的娴熟运用,使得整部作品在保持其故事性的同时,也达到了极高的文学艺术价值,绝非一般通俗读物可比拟。
评分对于那些热衷于世界构建(Worldbuilding)的读者来说,这本书提供了一个近乎完美的研究范本。作者构建的这个世界,其逻辑的严密性和细节的丰富性,远远超出了我的预期。它不是那种在开头一章就抛出所有规则的“说明书式”设定,而是通过日常生活中的细枝末节,潜移默化地将世界的运行法则植入读者的认知中。无论是关于“能量如何流动”的物理学设定,还是不同种族之间复杂的社会等级制度,亦或是其独特的历法和信仰体系,都展现出惊人的内在一致性。更绝妙的是,作者非常巧妙地安排了“局外人”的视角,通过主角的困惑和探索,让读者得以自然地学习和理解这些复杂的设定,避免了生硬的知识灌输。每当我以为我已经完全理解了这个世界的运作模式时,作者总能在不经意间抛出一个全新的概念,立刻推翻我之前的假设,迫使我重新审视一切。这种层层递进、不断拓展的构建方式,极大地延长了我的阅读乐趣,让我忍不住想去研究作者背后的设计蓝图。
评分这本《无名之书》的封面设计简直是视觉上的盛宴,那种深邃的蓝与跃动的金色的碰撞,仿佛在诉说着一个古老而又充满神秘感的故事。我是在一家小小的独立书店里偶然发现它的,当时的触感和散发出的淡淡的油墨香气,立刻就将我拉入了一个充满想象力的世界。书页的质地非常考究,拿在手里沉甸甸的,让人感觉手中捧着的不是一本书,而是一个需要被细心对待的宝藏。作者的叙事节奏把握得极为精妙,开篇并没有急于抛出宏大的主题,而是用一种近乎于诗意的笔触,描绘了主角初次踏入那个奇异国度的场景。光是关于那个“漂浮在空中的市场”的描写,就足以让我反复阅读数遍。空气中弥漫着异域香料和某种未知的花朵的芬芳,细节的丰富程度让人完全沉浸其中,仿佛能亲眼目睹那些奇特的摊贩如何与那些身披流光溢彩长袍的顾客进行着无声的交易。这种细腻入微的描写,构建了一个极具说服力的世界观基础,为后续的剧情发展埋下了无数引人入胜的伏笔。读完第一章,我迫不及待地想知道,主角是如何平衡好自己原有的认知与这个颠覆性的新世界之间的冲突的。那种被未知事物强烈吸引,却又带着一丝本能恐惧的复杂心境,被作者捕捉得淋漓尽致。
评分amazing and sensitive writing of the full transformation of a white nationalist. 感觉Dereck Black的转变是天时地利人和 缺了一个都不行 他爸最后和他说 你看我们WN终于变成主流了 这不就是你曾经想要的吗 真是太唏嘘了
评分White nationalism has always been there.看完对现状更绝望了……
评分几天就读完了,非常fascinating!感觉也是education的力量,也是爱的力量,也是理性思考的力量。
评分White nationalism has always been there.看完对现状更绝望了……
评分几天就读完了,非常fascinating!感觉也是education的力量,也是爱的力量,也是理性思考的力量。
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