"The Turner Diaries" was described as "explicitly racist and anti-Semitic" by "The New York Times" and has been labeled the "bible of the racist right" by the FBI. The book was greatly influential in shaping white nationalism and the later development of the white genocide theory. It has also inspired numerous hate crimes and acts of terrorism, including the 1984 assassination of Alan Berg, the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, 1999 London nail bombings, and the 2021 United States Capitol attack.