The Racist Mind
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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 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).
[edit] 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
[edit] External links
- "A Look into The Racist Mind", a review by Bill Ahrens
- "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 on Tom Metzger, at Nizkor.
- "In the Land of Hate: Raphael Ezekiel explores America's racist subcultures" by Ken Gewertz in Harvard Gazette, April 11, 1996.
