Chapter 53: Fourteen Words

213      “We must secure the existence . . .”  David Lane quoted in “14 Words,” Anti-Defamation League, accessed February 10, 2025, www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/14-words.

213      became known as “Fourteen Words”  “14 Words,” www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/14-words.

213      David Lane coined those words  “14 Words,” www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/14-words.

213      former Klansman . . . one of the nine founders of The Order in 1983  “Factsheet: David Lane” Bridge Initiative, Georgetown University, July 2, 2019, accessed via Wayback Machine, November 13, 2019 capture, web.archive.org/web/20191113202118/https://bridge.georgetown.edu/research/factsheet-david-lane/.  

213      the “White power movement”  Kathleen Belew, Bring the War Home: The White Power Movement and Paramilitary America (Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2018), 2. Find the library book at search.worldcat.org/title/1002828074.

213      “the Western nations were ruled by a Zionist conspiracy” “David Lane,” undated autobiography, quoted in “David Lane,” Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), accessed February 11, 2025, www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/david-lane.

213      “above all things wants to exterminate the White Aryan race”  “David Lane,” undated autobiography, www.splcenter.org/resources/extremist-files/david-lane.

213      before massacring nine African Americans  Lenny Bernstein et al., “Dylann Roof’s Racist Manifesto: ‘I Have No Choice,’” Washington Post, June 20, 2015, wapo.st/4hJpOvE.

213      before massacring eleven Jewish Americans  Jarrett Renshaw, “Who Is Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect?” Reuters, October 29, 2018, www.reuters.com/article/world/who-is-robert-bowers-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-idUSKCN1N31SJ.

213      under the handle “onedingo”  Julie Turkewitz and Kevin Roose, “Who Is Robert Bowers, the Suspect in the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting?” New York Times, October 27, 2018, www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/robert-bowers-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooter.html; and Michael Biesecker et al., “Suspect in Synagogue Slayings Spewed Online Hate for Jews,” Associated Press (AP) News, October 27, 2018, apnews.com/article/north-america-us-news-ap-top-news-pennsylvania-shootings-b1c50ba4f0964df89a266e490aea6961.

213–214 his cover photo . . . the number 1488 . . .“Heil Hitler”  Biesecker et al., “Suspect in Synagogue Slayings Spewed Online Hate for Jews,” apnews.com/article/north-america-us-news-ap-top-news-pennsylvania-shootings-b1c50ba4f0964df89a266e490aea6961.

214      repeatedly referred to African Americans using racist slurs  Avi Selk et al., “‘They Showed His Photo, and My Stomach Just Dropped’: Neighbors Recall Synagogue Massacre Suspect as a Loner,” Washington Post, October 28, 2018, Washington Post, wapo.st/42Q2kAA.

214      repeatedly attacked White women who dated Black men  Selk et al., “‘They Showed His Photo, and My Stomach Just Dropped’: Neighbors Recall Synagogue Massacre Suspect as a Loner,” wapo.st/42Q2kAA.

214      repeatedly posted on White genocide theory  Alex Amend, “Analyzing a Terrorist’s Social Media Manifesto: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooter’s Posts on Gab,” Hatewatch, Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), October 28, 2018, www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/analyzing-terrorists-social-media-manifesto-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooters-posts-gab.

214      “Daily Reminder: Diversity means chasing down the last white person”  Robert Bowers, Gab.com post, quoted in Amend, “Analyzing a Terrorist’s Social Media Manifesto,” www.splcenter.org/resources/hate-watch/analyzing-terrorists-social-media-manifesto-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooters-posts-gab.

214      “HIAS likes to bring invaders . . .”  Robert Bowers, Gab.com post, October 27, 2018, quoted in Renshaw, “Who Is Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect?” www.reuters.com/article/world/who-is-robert-bowers-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-idUSKCN1N31SJ.

214      “I can’t sit by and watch my people . . .”  Bowers, Gab.com post, October 27, 2018, quoted in Renshaw, “Who Is Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting Suspect??” www.reuters.com/article/world/who-is-robert-bowers-the-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-suspect-idUSKCN1N31SJ.

214      “woke” had started to supplant the phrase “critical race theory”  See this Google Trend analysis of worldwide searches for the topics “Critical Race Theory” and “Woke” between June 1, 2020 and January 1, 2022: trends.google.com/trends/explore/TIMESERIES/1739289600?hl=en-US&tz=300&date=2020-06-01+2022-01-01&q=%2Fg%2F11ddxplprk,%2Fm%2F06d76c&sni=3.

214      France’s most-watched news channel  Valentine Faure, “The Fox News of France,” Nieman Reports, January 20, 2024, niemanreports.org/the-fox-news-of-france-bollore-cnews.

214      aired a story about the English Touring Opera . . . BFMTV, Twitter, September 17, 2021, 8:36 a.m., x.com/BFMTV/status/1438844250381291524, via Google Translate. Archived at archive.today, February 9, 2026 capture, archive.ph/TSQGj.

214      “prioritize diversity” BFMTV, Twitter, September 17, 2021,  x.com/BFMTV/status/1438844250381291524, archived at archive.ph/TSQGj.

214      “‘Wokeism,’ which is now infiltrating respectable institutions . . .”  Marine Le Pen, Twitter, September 17, 2021, 10:59 a.m., x.com/MLP_officiel/status/1438880355268898819, via Google Translate. Archived at archive.today, February 9, 2026 capture, archive.ph/TSQGj.

214      “In Florida we are taking a stand against . . .”  Ron DeSantis quoted in “Governor DeSantis Announces Legislative Proposal to Stop W.O.K.E. Activism and Critical Race Theory in Schools and Corporations,” Florida Department of Education, press release, December 15, 2021, www.fldoe.org/newsroom/latest-news/governor-desantis-announces-legislative-proposal-to-stop-w-o-k-e-activism-and-critical-race-theory-in-schools-and-corporations.stml.

214      signed the bill into law on April 22, 2022 “Governor Ron DeSantis Signs Legislation to Protect Floridians from Discrimination and Woke Indoctrination,” Executive Office of Governor Ron DeSantis, press release, April 22, 2022, www.flgov.com/eog/news/press/2022/governor-ron-desantis-signs-legislation-protect-floridians-discrimination-and-woke.

214–215 banned antiracist education about Black Lives Matter  Nadine White, “Government Rolls Out ‘Guidance’ on Teaching Racism in Schools,” The Independent, February 17, 2022, www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/racism-schools-government-guidance-teaching-b2016601.html.

215      “partisan”  Government manual quoted in White, “Government Rolls Out ‘Guidance’ on Teaching Racism in Schools,” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/racism-schools-government-guidance-teaching-b2016601.html.

215      “‘message of white genocide is spreading”  Morris Dees and J. Richard Cohen, “Opinion: White Supremacists Without Borders,” New York Times, June 22, 2015, www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/opinion/white-supremacists-without-borders.html.

215      “‘Diversity = White Genocide’ and ‘Diversity Means . . .’”  Dees and Cohen, “Opinion: White Supremacists Without Borders,” www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/opinion/white-supremacists-without-borders.html.