The Year in Hate
Number of Hate Groups Tops 900
As in recent years, hate groups were animated by the national immigration debate. But two new forces also drove them in 2008: the worsening recession, and Barack Obama's successful campaign to become the nation's first black president. Officials reported that Obama had received more threats than any other presidential candidate in memory, and several white supremacists were arrested for saying they would assassinate him or allegedly plotting to do so. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
These trends are important to not only note but pass on..hatred =violence and injustice..these groups are domestic terrorist groups and treasonous inciting colluding to murder our much beloved president and our citizens is more than vastly disturbing-it's criminal. One need only look at the watermelon patch on the white house lawn and dead chimp jokes to understand how culturally pervasive racism really is. Xenophobia/Racism is our nation's true pass time and the source of all our history's sorrow.