Word: potok
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...recipient of a multitude of honors and awards, Stern was on tour to promote his autobiography, My First 79 Years, written with Chaim Potok...
...malevolence booming? Like any other faltering old enterprise that has reinvigorated itself, hate has learned to sell itself better. "Instead of saying, 'The dirty Mexicans are stealing our jobs,' they say, 'We are overwhelmed by immigration,'" notes Mark Potok of Klanwatch. "They are learning to use issues that have real resurgence among white Americans." Many white supremacists have moved into antigovernment "patriot" groups that (publicly, at least) attack gun control instead of blacks and Jews. Y2K fears and the spread of the Christian Identity movement, which counts whites as the chosen people, have also helped growth...
...antigovernment movement has branched out,? said Mark Potok, the report?s editor. ?Not everyone is a white supremacist. It has a much broader base of support than a few years ago... plots and conspiracies have grown rather dramatically.? Luckily, most conspirators get caught before their plans come to fruition. Banks are an easier target. The Aryan Republican Army managed to rob 22 of them to finance their activities. As Potok says, ?Creating a second American revolution costs money.? Then again, plotting to bomb an IRS building is one heck of a way to land yourself an audit...
...while Hatewatch lists Louis Farrakhan's Nation of Islam site under the category of black racism, Potok says Klanwatch has not listed the organization, though it does monitor...
...Potok says he believes the "Patriot movement" is greater concern...