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Pearl
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Resources
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The
Pearl S. Buck
E
Pluribus
Unum
Collection is assembling resources that can help individuals and organizations
combat hate in their own communities. These materials will be available per
request through Interlibrary Loan or through the local Pocahontas County
Libraries. Special arrangements can be made for extended use. The Collection
welcomes contributions of materials to this
collection.
Training
for Trainers ( National Center for Hate Crime
Prevention)
This is a loose-leaf binder used as the primary resource for on-site training
containing hundreds of pages of information on hate crimes. While the
information is best disseminated through a workshop, a researcher can glean
valuable information on such subjects as Identifying and Responding to Hate
Crime; Local and State Models for Hate Crime Prevention; Protecting Students
from Harassment and Hate Crime; School Approaches to Preventing Hate Crime.
A
Place at the
Table
(Teaching
Tolerance)
This Video and accompanying 12 chapter Teacher’s Guide and Student Book
makes an excellent introduction for teaching “the historical struggle for
equality through the eyes of today’s young people.” The program
spans three centuries to show the struggle for equality and access in education,
transportation, voting, employment, and housing. The historical struggle to
overcome bigotry can then be appropriated to today’s issues. For 8th
grade through high school and
up.
The
Shadow of Hate (Teaching Tolerance)
This
Video and accompanying 14 lesson Teacher’s Guide and Student Book is
subtitled “Us and Them: A History of Intolerance in America.” This
exceptional resource for high school and older groups illustrates the raw
bigotry and the struggle to overcome discrimination that is so much a part of
the American
saga.
Starting
Small (Teaching
Tolerance)
This program is designed to teach pre-schoolers and early grades respect for
civility and respect for people who are different. A 58 minute video and 14
lesson classroom guide can help any teacher, youth leader, or parent to mold
important character values in
youngsters.
Not
in Our Town (The Working
Group)
Showing this 27 minute video could be considered the best way to introduce
strategies for combating hate groups in one’s community. When Native
Americans and Jews became targets of a hate in Billings, Montana, the community
joined together in a positive and effective approach that quieted fears and
strengthened
unity.
Not
in Our Town II (The Working
Group)
This 57 minute video highlights six stories “about people working to
create hate-free towns, cities, workplaces and schools. This video is an
excellent starter for brainstorming creative new ideas for one’s own
locale.
Nazi
America: A Secret History (A&E Television
Networks)
The ideology of Nazism did not end with the death of Hitler in 1945 Germany.
Thousands of people even in the United States consider themselves Nazis holding
to strong beliefs in white racial superiority, separation of races, a vehement
hatred for Jews, and ultimately a revolution that would bring their ideology
into power. This 100 minute video, produced for The History Channel, documents
the development of this movement in The United States. The National Alliance,
based in Pocahontas County, is a self-described Nazi
organization.
20th
Century With Mike Wallace: Nazis in America (A&E Television
Networks)
The legendary commentator delves into Nazism in America in this 50 minute video
produced for The History Channel. This resource is helpful for understanding
the reach of Nazism in
America.
Inside
Hate Rock (Inside
VH1)
This 43 minute video produced in 2002 shows the strategy of the neo-Nazi
movement to appeal to youth through heavy metal music. The National Alliance in
Pocahontas County is the owner of Resistance Records, a primary distributor of
what is called “hate-core music.” The video includes footage of
National Alliance founder William Pierce. The video chronicles one of the
major musicians, George Burdi as he leaves the hate message behind and starts a
new music group that exposes the message of hate and its attraction to
disenchanted youth. **Please note that restrictions apply to use of this
video.
Teaching
Tolerance Magazine (Teaching Tolerance, a division of Southern Poverty Law
Center)
This
twice-yearly resource is a wealth of ideas, links, information, and resources on
diversity. Some extra copies are available for distribution. This is a key
resource for teachers, parents, and community organizations focusing on teaching
youth.
101
Tools for Tolerance (Teaching Tolerance)
A
concise list of ideas that people of all ages can do to promote and celebrate
diversity. An excellent resource for any person or group that wants to go from
good intentions to effective action. Some extra copies available for
distribution.
Ten
Ways to Fight Hate (Southern Poverty Law
Center)
This 28 page guide is an excellent starter guide for folks who want to organize
together to act in behalf of the victims of hate violence or to decrease the
fear inspired by threats of hate violence. Some extra copies available for
distribution.
The
Intelligence Report (Southern Poverty Law Center)
This
magazine is published quarterly with focus articles as well as updates on the
hate movement in the USA. This is an indispensable resource for that distills
the results of extensive ongoing research. Very readable, attractive format of
60 pages or so. Materials in the collection go back to 1997 (Issue 86).
**Please note that these issues are for use at Pocahontas County Libraries.
Other libraries or patrons may apply for
subscriptions.
Poisoning
the Web (Anti-Defamation
League)
This publication details in its 76 pages how hate groups use the Internet to
disseminate their information. Published in 1999, outdated by Internet
standards, this work nevertheless outlines the methods and techniques of the
hate group web sites.
The
Skinhead International:
A
Worldwide Survey of Neo-Nazi Skinheads (Anti-Defamation League) This 90 page
book surveys the reach of the Skinhead movement in the world, an international
phenomenon with significant political and social import. This 1995 publication
is dated, although it provides a good background to this
movement.
A
Dark Side of History: Antisemitism Through the Ages (Jerome A. Chanes. Anti
Defamation
League)
Published 2000, 208 pages. A readable historical survey of the discrimination
and persecution of Jewish people over the
centuries.
Protecting
Students from Harassment and Hate
Crime:
A Guide for Schools (US Department of Education, Office for Civil Rights) This
157 page guide produced in conjunction with the National Association of
Attorneys General is for schools seeking to protect students from harassment and
hate crimes. Provides excellent legal guidelines, sample incident report forms,
and strategies to document and investigate incidents. Suggests that a
supportive school climate involving a preventive approach can help ensure a safe
and welcome environment for all students. 1999
publication.
In-Service
Training Curriculum for Middle and High School Faculty and Administration
(Attorney General of the State of
Maine)
This curriculum could serve as a guideline to teach strategies to combat
harassment in the schools. Includes many sample scenarios, and templates for
overheads.
National
Hate Crimes Training Curricula (United States Department of
Justice)
This is a student manual that defines hate crimes, suggests strategies to
educate the public, and models for investigation of hate crimes.
101
Ways to Combat
Prejudice
(Barnes & Noble and the Anti-Defamation League) This short idea booklet
also contains a helpful glossary and extensive list of books of fiction,
non-fiction, photography, and poetry that emphasize the importance of valuing
diversity for both children and
adults.
Children
Learn What They Live:
Parenting
to Inspire Values (Dorothy Law Nolte & Rachel Harris, Workman Publishing,
New York, NY. 1998.) While this book does not deal directly with hate and bias
issues, it lays down a positive approach for parents who want to train their
children to build character that includes respect for the diversity in
others.
Hate
Hurts: How Children Learn and Unlearn
Prejudice
(Caryl Stern-LaRosa and Ellen Hofheimer Bettman, Scholastic, Inc., New York, NY.
2000) Produced by the Anti-Defamation League, this book is an excellent aid for
parents, teachers, or youth workers to help them to clarify to children issues
of prejudice. 330 pages, large print, many examples and exercises in a very
readable format. Discusses topics such as the beginnings of scapegoating such
as name calling and exclusion of children who are different, and what is
“difference.”
A
Hundred Little Hitlers
(Elinor
Langer, Metropolitan Books, New York, NY. 2003) Taking her cue from a racist
murder in Portland, Oregon, in 1988, the author traces the rise of the racialist
movement in America, including contemporary Klan, Skinhead, and Nazi movements.
398
pages.
A
More Perfect
Union
(Richard D. Mohr, Beacon Press, Boston, MA. 1994) Chapters one and four give
helpful understanding of the violence of words, actions, and discrimination that
many gay and lesbian people face. Other chapters deal with issues that may be
more debatable in the areas of public policy and social
morality.
Confronting
Anti-Semitism
(Leonard
P. Zakim, Anti-Defamation League. 2000) Anti-Semitism continues its long dark
history of persecution and exclusion of Jews. This 158 page book surveys the
history, myths, and current situation of anti-Semitism in the world. This is an
excellent introduction to this important
subject.
Responding
to Extremist Speech Online: 10 Frequently Asked Questions (Anti-Defamation
League)
An 8
page pamphlet of broad legal guidelines for dealing with hate web sites on the
Internet. At this point it appears that libraries cannot ban persons from
accessing hate
sites.
Fact
or Fraud? The Protocols of the Elders of
Zion
(Goran Larsson, Jerusalem Center for Biblical Studies and Research, Jerusalem,
Israel. 1994) Almost 100 years ago a book first appeared, The Protocols of the
Elders of Zion, which warned of a world wide conspiracy of Jews to take over the
world. Although a fraud with no basis in fact, the book continues to receive
wide reading and influence especially among anti-Semitic and racialist groups.
Larsson’s book traces the history and abuse that this book has spawned,
and refutes its
assertions.
Hitler’s
Apologists: The Anti-Semitic Propaganda of Holocaust
“Revisionism”
(Anti-Defamation League, 1993) Racialist groups attempt to downplay the extent
of the Holocaust, saying that no where near 6 million Jews were systematically
exterminated during Hitler’s regime. This then permits them to laud
rather than condemn Hitler as a role model. In this 86-page book, the various
theories and personalities of the major revisionists is discussed. The
ramifications of the current denial theories is also
elaborated.
Holocaust
Denial: A Pocket Guide
(Anti-Defamation
League) A concise 28 page overview of Holocaust denial theories. Refutes the
methodology of the Holocaust revisionists. Includes a representative list of
revisionist
books.
The
Holocaust Industry: Reflectioins on the Eploitation of Jewish
Suffering
(Norman G. Finkelstein, Verso. New York, NY. 2001) This highly controversial
book claims that “the Holocaust is an ideological weapon” utilized
to immunize Israel from criticism. Finkelstein himself is a Jew whose parents
survived the Warsaw Ghetto and Nazi concentration camps yet whose other
relatives all perished in the Nazi extermination campaign. He affirms the
reality of the Holocaust but chastises those who would manipulate a real tragedy
for personal and ideological advantage.
File
of materials is being collected, including articles, news clippings, and
assorted pamphlets and other flyers. See desk librarian for access.
NOTE:
This collection is just starting. Recommendations, donations, contributions of
materials, constructive criticisms, and importantly the use of these materials
is urged. Primary source materials from hate groups will be accumulated for use
by researchers.
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