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, ); it was reprinted in paperback by Penguin in 1996 ().

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

References

  • "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).
  • on Tom Metzger, at Nizkor.