Workshop | Understanding the New White Supremacy

America has seen renewed hate group activism and a dramatic increase in hate crimes. This workshop looks at the social causes behind the increase in racism and its relationship to anti- government activism and domestic terrorism. From micro-aggressions to the Oklahoma City Bombing, the range of bias motivated behaviors will be addressed along with specific strategies to address white supremacy in our communities and in ourselves. This presentation will be particularly useful to federal employees and government workers who spend time in the field, particularly in rural areas.

Writer Randy Blazak’s scholarship on hate crimes and hate groups has made him a regular commentator in media outlets from NPR and CNN to BBC and Al Jazeera. Blazak earned his PhD at Emory University in 1995 after completing an extensive field study of racist skinheads that included undercover observations and interviews across the world. He became a tenured sociology professor at Portland State University and taught criminology classes at the University of Oregon. His work has taken him from classrooms to criminal trials. His research has been published in academic journals, books and in the mainstream press. His co-authored book, Teenage Renegades, Suburban Outlaws Wadsworth, 2001) and his edited volume, Hate Offenders (Praeger, 2009) have been widely adopted. Since 2002, he has been the chair of the Coalition Against Hate Crimes. He has worked with the National Institute of Justice and the Southern Poverty Law Center on hate crime research issues. Blazak regularly speaks at conferences, consults on criminal cases, and leads workshops on the topics of hate and bias. He is currently the vice-chair of the steering committee in charge of implementing Oregon’s new bias crime law.

Learn more about Randy at www.randyblazak.com