The Turner Diaries was written by William Luther Pierce (also known by his pseudonym Andrew Mcdonald) in 1978. Pierce, formally a physics professor at Oregon State University, was an avid follower of George Lincoln Rockwell, the founder of the American Nazi Party. At the time of his novel’s publication, Pierce was the head of the neo-Nazi group National Alliance. It was also in the National Alliance’s newspaper, Attack!, that his novel, The Turner Diaries, ever appeared in. The novel is also theorized to inspire Timothy McVeigh, who was responsible for the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, killing 168 people. Although it was never truly confirmed and Pierce vehemently denies any correlation. Still, the arrest of McVeigh and the continued publication and distribution of the book initiated talks about censorship for the novel. The protagonist of the novel, Earl Turner, joins “The Organization”, a white nationalist group, in an effort to overthrow the United States government. Turner wishes to establish an all white society and take down “The System” because it is dominated by minorities. Without the consideration of the hate, violence, and racism, the novel is just bad writing. Pierce really couldn’t find better names other than “The Organization”, “The System”, and “The Order”? Also even for a racist it is just weird how he describes his characters. He constantly refers to non-white characters by bluntly calling them things such as “A Black” or “The Black” not only to distinguish their non-whiteness but also to demean them by referring to them as things rather than the complex human being they are. Also, in his world of fiction, it is the assumption that if a character is not defined by their race that they are white; it is almost as if being white is the “default”. All in all the book isn’t that great of a read just because of how it is written but also its just a white supremacy novel.