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Unfortunately, some of the great potential the Internet holds for racial
exchange and racial harmony is being damaged from the tremendous amount of hatred on the
Interne. From web sites, to usenet groups, to chat rooms, to even racist Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) racist organizations have found a ready home on the Internet. The
architecture of the Internet make it a very powerful tool for the dissemination of hatred.
Since it is accessible 24 hours a day and very inexpensive, and provides anonymity to many
users, especially in chatrooms and usenet groups - comparable to the hoods the Klan dons -
the Internet has transformed the amount and extent of hatred available to groups who want
to spread their message.
One of the Internet's foremost leaders of hate, Don Black, a former grand wizard of the Ku
Klux Klan describes the effect the Internet has had on him: "It's been a tremendous
boon for us. That's why I dedicate most of my time to this. I feel like I've accomplished
more on the Web than in my 25 years of political activism. Whereas before, we could reach
only people with pamphlets or holding rallies with no more than a few hundred people, now
we can reach potentially millions."
The Open Net e-lab wants you to look at some of these links:
Anti-Defamation League's Account
of National Alliance
http://www.adl.org/frames/front_explosion_of_hate.html
The Internet: A Whole New World
http://www.adl.org/poisoning_web/about_net.html
Stop The Hate
http://stop-the-hate.org/neo-nazi.html
Hatewatch
www.hatewatch.org
Don Black's Web Page
www.stormfront.org
International Symposium on Hate on
the Internet 1997:
Executive Summary and Recommendations
http://www.reseau-medias.ca/eng/issues/internet/resource/recomend.htm