The Turner Diaries was not what I expected from a white supremacist text. I suppose a stigma exists that any sort of extremist literature isn’t proper “literature,” its angry manifestos discussing politics and culture and all of the atrocities society has committed upon the respective extremist group. For example, Mein Kampf, the literary creation of Adolf Hitler that expressed, in detail, his political philosophy, his anger, and those who his chose to use as scapegoats for his aggression, the Jews, is a long and difficult read with little discernible benefit for the reader if they did not already sympathize with his perspective. Most texts from radical ideologies are similar to Mein Kampf. The Turner Diaries, however, was nothing of the sort. It was actually literature, a novel, that told a compelling story, at least one that was interesting to read. While the message was still racist and white supremacist, is was presented in such a way that an uninformed reader might sympathize with the message. The narrator was presented as an innocent man wrapped up in a mission he deeply believed in. The beginning, especially, seems tame. It fits with the popular dystopian themes that literature, notably for young adults, often centers around. However, as the book progresses, the action becomes more and more extreme, ending in nuclear bombings in order to purify the nation racially. Fortunately, The Turner Diaries has had significantly less impact than Mein Kampf. Despite its newness (released at the end of the 20th century) it phased out quickly from popular culture and controversy and has since become a relic of the early white supremacist movement in America. While the movement is still going on, and will inevitably develop new texts and new manifestos as it continues to adapt to modern society, The Turner Diaries and the apocalyptic future it teaches are no longer a widely relevant part of the movement.