Hate Groups

Descriptive Essay # 108389

Ethnic Studies > Conflict
Sociology

Hate Groups

A look at the growing problem of racism and hate crimes in America.

1,544 words () | 10 sources | MLA | 2008 United States

Paper Summary:

This paper discusses how racism and hate crimes have plagued the American civilization from the beginning of time and how even though, an uncountable amount of American citizens are racist in some sense or another, the normal American does not take the extreme steps that Neo-Nazi groups do to send the message of hatred that they hold so dear across America and even overseas. In particular, the paper describes the Klu Klux Klan and the Aryan Nation or the Church of Jesus Christ Christian. The paper contends that, although these groups don't have the spotlight as they used to, there are still many active groups in the United States and they are are still large in number and commit violent acts.

From the Paper:

"Another widely known hate group is the Aryan Nation or the Church of Jesus Christ Christian. The Aryan Nation was founded in 1974 by Richard Butler in Idaho. The Aryan Nation website states that the "The goal of the establishment of a White Aryan homeland on the North American continent has not and shall not change. They believe that the Aryan folk deserve the right to a sovereign existence and racial self-determination within a territorial area characterized by our own laws, culture and customs. This is in line with the 'Blood and Soil' concept of Third Reich-era National Socialists and follows the logic that for a people to survive (as a distinct racial and cultural group) they must have their own land so that their own ways can be furthered amongst their own folk - to the exclusion of alternate ways of life within that specific geographic territory" (Aryan-nations.org). "

Sample of Sources Used:

Southern Poverty Law Center. Macedonia v. Christian Knights of the Ku Klux Klan Retrieved on June 16, 2008 from: http://www.splcenter.org/legal/docket/files.jsp?cdrID=29&sortID=4
Southern Poverty Law Center. Active US hate groups; Racist music. Retrieved on June 16, 2008 from: http://www.splcenter.org/intel/map/type.jsp?DT=29
Federal Bureau of Investigation. Hate Crimes. Retrieved on June 29, 2008 from
http://www.fbi.gov/hq/cid/civilrights/overview.htm
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002030871_butlerobit09m.html