Pulitzer Prize Winner Discusses Rising Out of Hatred
6 November 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner Discusses Rising Out of Hatred
Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington Post journalist Eli Saslow discussed the threat of white nationalism and his 2018 bookRising Out of Hatred, which tells the story of how a prominent white supremacist rejected the ideology after enrolling at a small liberal arts college.
Saslows lecture,organized by theHuman Rights and Genocide Symposiumand funded by Dr. Edward Franks 72,was held on Thursday, Oct. 3, in Albright Auditorium. The Human Rights and Genocide Symposium is celebrating its 20th anniversary of engaged learning on the Hobart and William Smith campus.
In Rising Out of Hatred, Saslow details the radical transformation of Derek Black, once regarded as the heir apparent of white nationalism. The book follows Black godson of David Duke, son of Don Black, the founder of the neo-Nazi website Stormfront as he attends four years as an undergraduate at New College in Florida.
Saslow is aWashington Poststaff writer and author ofTen 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.