Deconstructing a Hate Group
917. Nine-hundred and seventeen. According to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), there are currently 917 active hate groups in the U.S. with the exception of Alaska or Hawai'I. According to the FBI, a hate group's primary purpose is to promote animosity, hostility, malice, and fear against persons belonging to a race, religion, ethnicity/national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability other designated sector of society which differs from that of members of the organization. But, why?
It begins with our socialization, the way we pass things from generation to generation. Children are taught to walk, talk, identify the differences between the colors white or red and black or green. As a child is taught that white depicts goodness, righteousness, purity, intelligence...