The Racist Mind

The Racist Mind: Portraits of American Neo-Nazis and Klansmen is a book by Raphael S. Ezekiel. It attempts to provide sociological and psychological insights into White supremacist groups, including neo-Nazi groups and the Ku Klux Klan, and their members.

The book is divided into three parts: "Gatherings" (relating the author's attendance at rallies, trials, and congresses), "National Leaders" (Tom Metzger, Dave Holland, and Richard Butler), and "Detroit" (portraits of the members of a neo-Nazi group).

It was published by Viking Press in 1995 (hardcover, 368 pages, ISBN 0-670-83958-2); it was reprinted in paperback by Penguin in 1996 (ISBN 0-14-023449-7).

Contents

  • Acknowledgments
  • Note on Names and Pseudonyms
  • Introduction
  • Part One: Gatherings
One: Klan Rally at Stone Mountain, Georgia
Two: Breakfast in Arkansas - Sedition Trial
Three: Aryan Nations Congress - Northern Idaho
  • Part Two: National Leaders
Four: Introduction
Five: Tom Metzger: White Aryan Resistance
Six: Dave Holland: Southern White Knights
Seven: Richard Butler: Aryan Nations
Eight: Reflections
  • Part Three: Detroit
Nine: Introduction
Ten: Contact
Eleven: Paul
Twelve: Terri
Thirteen: William
Fourteen: Raymond and Rosandra
Fifteen: Francis
Sixteen: Joey, Eddie
Seventeen: Nolan
Eighteen: Reflections
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix: Suggested Reading

External links

  • "An Ethnographer Looks at Neo-Nazi and Klan Groups: The Racist Mind Revisited" by Raphael S. Ezekiel in American Behavioral Scientist, Vol. 46, No. 1, 51-71 (2002).
  • Excerpt from The Racist Mind at archive.today (archived 2012-11-11) on Tom Metzger, at Nizkor.


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