Sara Kamali

Dr. Kamali is the award-winning author of "Homegrown Hate: Why White Nationalists and Militant Islamists Are Waging War against the United States" (University of California Press, 2021), which was named as a Choice Outstanding Academic Title by the American Library Association.

In the first book to directly compare White nationalists and militant Islamists in the United States, Dr. Kamali examines their histories and networks as well as their self-described beliefs, grievances, and rationales for violence. She also analyzes and addresses how interlocking institutions of power oppress the many while maintaining systems of privilege for a select few based on an approach she defines as “holistic justice”. Holistic justice moves beyond antiracism to anti-oppression in order to redress interlocking inequities at the axis of systemic racism by contextualizing history to cultivate empathy and understanding, and networking across marginalized identities to achieve solidarity.