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kkirkhoff's review
4.0
David Horowitz's Hating Whitey is not just a book on how politically correct it is to hate white people. It's also about Marxism, liberal activism, and how they both have infiltrated our universities.
In the racial portion, he cites case after case of black on white hate crime and related statistics, and yet all we hear in the media is about Matthew Shephard and James Byrd. Martin Luther King dreamed of a colorless society. Unfortunately, his deciples haven't changed their tune. Racism is still a serious problem to them. Any advances blacks have made is because white racists gave in to avoid a violent revolution. In the end, all whites are still racist. He asks why blacks still support the Democratic party? The Democrats have continually patronized blacks and their leaders. Enter Bill Clinton, the first "black" president. Horowitz also shares his history of association with the Black Panthers and being a '60s radical.
Of particular interest is his examination of Camille Cosby's (wife of Bill Cosby's) article for USA Today entitled "America Taught My Son's Killer to Hate Blacks". Forget about a grieving mother venting her anguish, this is an angry anti-white rant written one year after her son's death.
Also interesting is his rememberance of Elaine Brown; who for a time was the leader of the Black Panthers. He details a lot of what went on and what it was that made him flee the Panther party. The Panthers resembled a Mafia family. Extorting store owners for protection. Violence against party members who spoke ill of leaders or were a little too curious about certain activities. Betty Van Patter's death was examined in depth.
Johnnie Cochran defended Geronimo Pratt, a man accused of executing a (white) woman and wounding her husband on a tennis court. In spite of damning testimony, Cochran plays the race card to get this guy acquited. This shouldn't sound like anything new for Cochran, except that this happened in 1968, Pratt was a Black Panther, and the testimony was from his on Panthers who wanted him out of the way.
College campuses around the country denounce conservative speakers as being racist and hateful, while embracing the radical left. Several examples of deans and heads of departments forcing their radical ideologies into the cirriculum and onto unsuspecting college kids. Numerous black activists, writers, and professors speak of uncontrolled rage against white people. This rage is all whitey's fault for inflicting "pain" on blacks for so many years. It's scary to think these people teach and are asked to speak at major universities. Michael Savage applied for a deanship at Berkley. He had sparkling credentials. Except he was a conservative. That didn't set well with the outgoing dean and his colleagues. He was passed over for someone with no experience and modest credentials, but more radicalism.
Horowitz highlights several examples of Maxists that promote Marxism under the guise of fairness and factuality. Colleges used to be thought of as institutions for the pursuit of knowledge. They are now a haven of political correctness and social change.
All in all, this was an eye-opening look at an insider's account of radical life in the '60s. I'd read most of the racial discussion before, but the Black Panther and University writing was fascinating.
In the racial portion, he cites case after case of black on white hate crime and related statistics, and yet all we hear in the media is about Matthew Shephard and James Byrd. Martin Luther King dreamed of a colorless society. Unfortunately, his deciples haven't changed their tune. Racism is still a serious problem to them. Any advances blacks have made is because white racists gave in to avoid a violent revolution. In the end, all whites are still racist. He asks why blacks still support the Democratic party? The Democrats have continually patronized blacks and their leaders. Enter Bill Clinton, the first "black" president. Horowitz also shares his history of association with the Black Panthers and being a '60s radical.
Of particular interest is his examination of Camille Cosby's (wife of Bill Cosby's) article for USA Today entitled "America Taught My Son's Killer to Hate Blacks". Forget about a grieving mother venting her anguish, this is an angry anti-white rant written one year after her son's death.
Also interesting is his rememberance of Elaine Brown; who for a time was the leader of the Black Panthers. He details a lot of what went on and what it was that made him flee the Panther party. The Panthers resembled a Mafia family. Extorting store owners for protection. Violence against party members who spoke ill of leaders or were a little too curious about certain activities. Betty Van Patter's death was examined in depth.
Johnnie Cochran defended Geronimo Pratt, a man accused of executing a (white) woman and wounding her husband on a tennis court. In spite of damning testimony, Cochran plays the race card to get this guy acquited. This shouldn't sound like anything new for Cochran, except that this happened in 1968, Pratt was a Black Panther, and the testimony was from his on Panthers who wanted him out of the way.
College campuses around the country denounce conservative speakers as being racist and hateful, while embracing the radical left. Several examples of deans and heads of departments forcing their radical ideologies into the cirriculum and onto unsuspecting college kids. Numerous black activists, writers, and professors speak of uncontrolled rage against white people. This rage is all whitey's fault for inflicting "pain" on blacks for so many years. It's scary to think these people teach and are asked to speak at major universities. Michael Savage applied for a deanship at Berkley. He had sparkling credentials. Except he was a conservative. That didn't set well with the outgoing dean and his colleagues. He was passed over for someone with no experience and modest credentials, but more radicalism.
Horowitz highlights several examples of Maxists that promote Marxism under the guise of fairness and factuality. Colleges used to be thought of as institutions for the pursuit of knowledge. They are now a haven of political correctness and social change.
All in all, this was an eye-opening look at an insider's account of radical life in the '60s. I'd read most of the racial discussion before, but the Black Panther and University writing was fascinating.
cl1ch3's review
3.0
An interesting read while the drama over the Google manifesto played out. Horowitz makes some good points, but at times takes them too far, revealing heavy bias. I do believe the book raises important questions about encouraging intellectual discussion even with those who disagree, left and right.
peterseanesq's review
5.0
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This is a collection of essays written by David Horowitz in the 1990s. However, despite being twenty years old - in fact, because they are twenty-years old - they are all the more interesting in telling the reader how we managed to get where we are today.
Twenty years ago, the cultural wars we are dealing - leftist anti-white hatred, censorship of divergent ideas, Anti-American American elites, etc. - was a real phenomenon, but limited to the institutions that the Left then controlled, namely academia. Now, these habits of the Left have gone mainstream into mainstream news and mainstream politics. Horowitz provides an insight into how the habits of his former comrades have become the habits of half of American society.
Horowitz also provides many historical retrospectives that provide context for the present situation. For example, after spending two years listening to baseless conspiracy theories about "Russian collusion," Horowitz takes us back to the 1990s when there was solid evidence that Bill Clinton was conspiring with China and the media and Democrats did not care at all.
Horowitz also offers a recap on his history with the Black Panther Party. I found this surprising because while I may have thought that the Panthers were crazy, I had no idea how murderous and evil they were. In fact, it seems that they were everything they were accused of being, but I had been conditioned to treat true descriptions of the murderous and rapist activities as being hysterical.
Now, those people and their fellow travelers are the mentors of the people who are turning American politics into a cesspool.
If only Horowitz had gotten a larger audience back then.
This is a collection of essays written by David Horowitz in the 1990s. However, despite being twenty years old - in fact, because they are twenty-years old - they are all the more interesting in telling the reader how we managed to get where we are today.
Twenty years ago, the cultural wars we are dealing - leftist anti-white hatred, censorship of divergent ideas, Anti-American American elites, etc. - was a real phenomenon, but limited to the institutions that the Left then controlled, namely academia. Now, these habits of the Left have gone mainstream into mainstream news and mainstream politics. Horowitz provides an insight into how the habits of his former comrades have become the habits of half of American society.
Horowitz also provides many historical retrospectives that provide context for the present situation. For example, after spending two years listening to baseless conspiracy theories about "Russian collusion," Horowitz takes us back to the 1990s when there was solid evidence that Bill Clinton was conspiring with China and the media and Democrats did not care at all.
Horowitz also offers a recap on his history with the Black Panther Party. I found this surprising because while I may have thought that the Panthers were crazy, I had no idea how murderous and evil they were. In fact, it seems that they were everything they were accused of being, but I had been conditioned to treat true descriptions of the murderous and rapist activities as being hysterical.
Now, those people and their fellow travelers are the mentors of the people who are turning American politics into a cesspool.
If only Horowitz had gotten a larger audience back then.
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