Definitions

Anti-Semitism - Dislike, hatred, prejudice, discrimination or persecution directed against people of Jewish descent or of the Jewish faith.

Arab - Refers to persons from Arab countries as defined as those nations in which Arabic is the principal language. Note that Iranians are not Arabs.
Note that the term has nothing to do with belief in Islam. There are Christian Arabs as well as Muslim Arabs.

Christian Identity - May be used interchangeably with Identity or Kingdom Identity. Denotes a specific white supremacist theological movement derived from British Israelism. Should not be confused with the Reconstructionist movement, the neo-Covenantors or other fundamentalist movements.

Christian Right - Often used (incorrectly) interchangeably with New Right. Denotes that sector of the right-wing political movement which came to prominence during the mid-70s and 1980s, with its ideological roots and constituency in fundamentalist and evangelical Christian movements. It is primarily conservative or ultra-conservative and authoritarian, rather than revolutionary, in outlook. May also be used to denote those sectors which are Reconstructionist or "theonomist." The Christian Right is a subset of the New Right.

Extremist - This is an indeterminate term with a pejorative connotation designed to separate the "mainstream" from the "margins." It is used in some quarters to describe the Left as well as the Right. Do not use interchangeably with white supremacist or far right. In those circumstances when a term to connote the political margins is appropriate, it may be used advisedly.

Far Right - Used as an umbrella term which describes extremist or ultra-conservative elements future to the right than the New Right. These elements are dominated by various conspiracy theories mixed with anti-communism and anti-elite or right-wing populist agendas. Includes the white supremacist movement as well.
The John Birch Society is a far right political organization more radical than the Moral Majority but less dangerous than the Liberty Lobby.

Homophobia - Fear, dislike or hatred of gay men and/or lesbians.

Ku Klux Klan - The terms are used interchangeably and are always capitalized. Often abbreviated KKK, though Klan is the preferred term. The terms refer specifically to a member of an organized faction of Ku Klux Klan.

Nazi - Always capitalized. Used to refer to the organization, ideology and paraphernalia of the National German Workers Party circa 1923-1945; to war criminals and others associated with that period in their current manifestation; and to political forces which collaborated with the NSDAP during that period.

New Right - Denotes the popularly-based right-wing political movement which came to prominence in the 1970s and 1980s. Includes secular forces (such as Richard Viguerie), Christian Right, and other elements of the Religious Right. Sometimes used to include new-Conservatives. Use term to distinguish Old Right (pre-World War II) which was isolationist and contained patrician and anti-Semitic elements. While the New Right is implicitly politically, socially and economically racist, they are not dominated by an ideology of genetic superiority of the white race.

Race - Biological categorization of human beings by physical characteristics transmitted genetically. At one time, anthropologists generally described three groups: Caucasoid, Mongoloid, and Negroid. However, anthropologists today reject race as a meaningful biological concept, pointing instead to a basic heterogeneity of world population. The term is always inappropriate when referring to cultural, religious or national groupings.

Racism - The belief that one race is innately superior to all other races.

White Supremacy, -ist - Used to refer to an individual or group or action embodying the ideological notion of biological, intellectual, genetic or other inherent superiority of whites over all others. Avoid using terms such as white resistance or white separatist which have been developed by Klansmen and new-Nazis as a term for media gloss.

Defintions taken from When Hate Groups Come to Town: A Handbook for Effective Community Responses. ©1992 by Center for Democratic Renewal and Education, Inc. Used with permission.