A Look At the Views of An Original Klan Member: David Duke
David Duke is a Caucasian neo-Nazi and a longtime Klan member who is now the international spokesman for the Holocaust denial. David believes in radical idealism or racialism. Racialism is the idea that a nation's greatest resource is the quality of it's people. In his own words, he has stated "Neither communism, capitalism, nor any other materialistic doctrine can save our race; our only racial salvation lies in a white racial alliance uniting our people with the common cause of racial idealism" (September 1970 Article in the Racialist) According to his 1998 autobiography, My Awakening, Duke also believes that Jews and Gentiles are currently in a state of ethnic war.
In 1974, David Duke founded the Knights of the Klu Klux Klan (KKKK). As national leader of the new organization, he made a shift in Klan targeting from African Americans to Jews. Over the years, Duke began to appear on television in an effort to make his message known. He justified his actions by stating that he is simply fighting for the preservation of his heritage. He also scored several major coups by getting the media to cover Klan actions. In one of the Duke's interviews he stated, "What we really want is to be left alone. We simply want our own country and our own society. We was our own nation."
David Duke is a Caucasian neo-Nazi and a longtime Klan member who is now the international spokesman for the Holocaust denial. David believes in radical idealism or racialism. Racialism is the idea that a nation's greatest resource is the quality of it's people. In his own words, he has stated "Neither communism, capitalism, nor any other materialistic doctrine can save our race; our only racial salvation lies in a white racial alliance uniting our people with the common cause of racial idealism" (September 1970 Article in the Racialist) According to his 1998 autobiography, My Awakening, Duke also believes that Jews and Gentiles are currently in a state of ethnic war.
In 1974, David Duke founded the Knights of the Klu Klux Klan (KKKK). As national leader of the new organization, he made a shift in Klan targeting from African Americans to Jews. Over the years, Duke began to appear on television in an effort to make his message known. He justified his actions by stating that he is simply fighting for the preservation of his heritage. He also scored several major coups by getting the media to cover Klan actions. In one of the Duke's interviews he stated, "What we really want is to be left alone. We simply want our own country and our own society. We was our own nation."