Bill White espouses a neo-Nazi ideology and his vicious and occasionally violent rhetoric targets Jews, blacks, homosexuals, immigrants and other minority communities. White also glorifies the Nazi regime and Adolf Hitler; one of his stated goals is to "keep the vision of Adolf Hitler and National Socialism alive."

Anti-Semitism and Holocaust Denial

Most pervasive throughout White's writings and activism is his venomous anti-Semitism. In keeping with his neo-Nazi ideology, White takes advantage of every opportunity to demonize Jews, whom he repeatedly accuses of controlling and destroying every nation and every element within American society. According to White, Jews have used rape, blackmail, prostitution, gay and child pornography and "extra-legal force and violence" to achieve world domination.

White has said:

• "The Jew has always been antinational in character. Their Talmud, Midrash and Mishnah teach them to destroy the other peoples of the world and blend them together into a single, undistinguished mud-race that will perform as the ultimate slave labor in servitude to the Jew."
• "…the Jews and their agenda have steadily gained ground over the agenda of white working people. The Jews have never hesitated to use extra-legal force and violence to change society…"

White has also encouraged and praised violent action against Jews. An article featured in the June-July 2008 issue of his magazine National Socialist entitled "Abortion and the Jewish Lust for Blood," argued that "only through the total extermination of the Jewish demon can this demonic practice be ended."

Additionally, he denies that the Holocaust occurred, and has promoted the views of others who claim the Holocaust is a Jewish fabrication.

When Holocaust denier Eric Hunt attacked Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel in 2007, White posted Hunt's account of the event on his own Web site. White wrote after the attack:

•  "Insofar as my views may have played a role in motivating Mr [sic] Hunt, I can only say that I hope I inspire a hundred more young white people to sacrifice themselves for our collective racial whole. The only thing more noble than sacrifice is victory."

•  "Elie Wiesel should be afraid to walk out his front door but for the rightful vengeance of the white working people he and his Holocaust lies have exploited."

Additionally, White posted what he believed to be Elie Wiesel's addresses on his Web site and to a neo-Nazi Internet forum following the attack.

Racism Against the Black Community

White also espouses virulent racist views, decrying the very presence of blacks in the United States and using offensive terms  such as "jungle people," "beast[s]," "sub-humans," and "inferior mud races "to describe the black community. An article in White's magazine blamed school shootings, terrorist attacks, crime and rape on racial integration. In that vein, he has suggested "confin[ing] Negroes in black schools."

He wrote:

• "Given that Negroes and messtizos [sic] are demonstrably incapable of learning, one must ask why our white children are being forced to socialize and integrate themselves with sub-humans who can barely think?"

• "Of course, the final solution is the forceful deportation of the entire Negro population back to Africa"

In December 2008, the U.S. Department of Justice issued a seven-count indictment against White, including a charge of using intimidation to delay or prevent the testimony of African-American tenants in an official court proceeding. Specifically, White was charged with sending letters to African American tenants in Virginia Beach, Virginia who had brought a discrimination case against their landlord. In May 2007, White reportedly sent letters to the tenants featuring the letterhead of White's neo-Nazi American National Socialist Worker's Party (ANSWP) group, a swastika, and White's signature and title. The letters read, "…your actions have not been missed by the white community…you are and will never be anything other than a dirty parasite…." The indictment also charged White with including with each letter an issue of his group's magazine National Socialist entitled "The Negro Beast and Why Blacks Who Work Aren't Worth the Cost of Welfare."

As with his approach towards Jews, White has called for violence against members of the black community. The cover of the August-September 2008 issue of National Socialist featured a picture of then-Presidential candidate Barack Obama pictured through a rifle scope with the crosshairs made up of a swastika. The cover read, "Kill This Ni--er? Negro Deification and the 'Obama Assassination' Myth."

Additionally, White exploited the 2007 "Jena 6" case, in which six black youths were charged with attempted murder for allegedly beating a white classmate at a high school in Jena, Louisiana. White posted the addresses of the "Jena 6" on his Web site, under the title "Lynch The Jena 6." He also stated in the post:

• "If these ni--ers are released or acquitted, we will find out where they live and make sure that white activists and white citizens in Louisiana know it. We'll mail directions to their homes to every white man in Louisiana if we have to in order to find someone willing to deliver justice."

Anti-Immigrant, Anti-Latino Views

White has also made statements targeting immigrants, specifically from the Latino community. His magazine has discussed the "Mestizo invasion" of the United States, alleged to bring crime, looting, and rape into the country. Articles in the magazine claimed:

• "The Mestizo invasion of the United States and the debilitating effect it has had on the United States economy is important and is something that white activists must take notice of and must resist."

• "Our land is being invaded by hordes of muds come here to loot, rape and kill White America. They've swarmed in to commit crimes we just won't do, and only by halting this brown flood can we arrest America's descent into Third World status."

American National Socialist Workers Party

Prior to his imprisonment, neo-Nazi Bill White served as the "Commander" of the American National Socialist Worker's Party (ANSWP), a Virginia-based neo-Nazi group that he founded in the summer of 2006.

With a small group of followers across the country divided into "chapters," White published a monthly magazine entitled National Socialist, maintained a Web site and Internet forum, and staged events with the purpose of demonizing Jews and non-white minorities. White received the support of some former leaders of the National Socialist Movement (the largest neo-Nazi group in the country of which White was once a leader) who joined ANSWP.

By and large, the group has an insignificant presence in the neo-Nazi movement, and many neo-Nazis want nothing to do with White, whom they view as an agitator and publicity seeker.

National Socialist Movement

Prior to forming ANSWP, White was a leader in the National Socialist Movement (NSM), often representing the face of the group to the media. He acted as the group's spokesperson when a planned NSM march led to riots in Toledo, Ohio, in October 2005, and attracted national media attention.

White was responsible for some of the tensions that caused infighting in the NSM in the spring and summer of 2006. He was also largely behind a rift between the NSM and the Vinlanders, a racist skinhead group. His taunts against the Vinlanders on his own Web site led to a brawl between members of the two groups at Nordicfest, a white power event in Kentucky in May 2006.

White's derogatory comments toward the Vinlanders and others in the white supremacist movement led many extremists to question why the NSM kept him on as a leader. In early July 2006, NSM leader Jeff Schoep and then chairman Cliff Herrington gave White a 30-day suspension and reprimanded him for his disruptive behavior and attacks on other members in the white power movement. White claimed that he then resigned from the group; NSM reported that he was expelled for insubordination.

Prior to his imprisonment, neo-Nazi figure Bill White utilized a number of tactics to spread his views.

• Magazine publication. Prior to his arrest, White published a monthly magazine, National Socialist, in which he demonized Jews and other minorities, promoted the work of other white supremacists and Holocaust deniers, and attacked his enemies.

• Internet site, forum, radio show. White made prolific posts on Web sites he ran including "Overthrow" and one under the name of his neo-Nazi group, the American National Socialist Worker's Party (ANSWP). His posts often used vitriolic language to describe Jews and other minority groups, and they frequently revealed personal information about his enemies, implicitly encouraging others to take violent action against them. White also maintained a discussion forum for ANSWP members and supporters and delivered Internet radio broadcasts.

• Making threats and posting personal information of enemies to the Internet. On several occasions, White has made threats against individuals he hates or who he perceives as personal enemies. His list of targets has included a Canadian civil rights attorney, a columnist for the Virginia-based Roanoke Times newspaper, and a New Jersey mayor.

• Criticizing Other Neo-Nazi Leaders and Groups. By and large, individuals in the neo-Nazi movement view White as an agitator. He targets Jews, blacks, and other minorities, as well as his own personal enemies in the white supremacist movement. As a result of the latter, White has little respect in white supremacist circles.

• Intimidating residents of/near his rental properties. White was also active as a real estate developer, under his self-titled entity, White Homes and Land LLC. His strategy was to purchase and make improvements to homes and other properties facing foreclosure in the Roanoke, Virginia area. He then attempted to rid the area of its minority tenants by refusing to lease to them. He reportedly intimidated them with ethnic insults and by walking around the area with a gun and wearing a bulletproof vest.

Neo-Nazi leader Bill White says he was born in 1977, in Rockville, Maryland. White began his activist career as an anarchist, later shifting to align himself with racist and anti-Semitic groups. White says he attended a "gifted" school while growing up, and he founded a group when he was in junior high called the Utopian Anarchist Party.  He claims that this group continued while he was at the University of Maryland - College Park.  White is married and has a young daughter.

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