Introduction to Hate and Extremist Groups

11.a

Hate and Extremist Groups

Hate and extremist groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics.

Hate and extremist group activities can include criminal acts, marches, rallies, speeches, meetings, leafleting or publishing.



The Southern Poverty Law Center (www.splcenter.org) shows more than 1,020 hate groups operating in the United States as of 2018.

Hate map from SPLCenter: https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map?

Among those types listed in the SPLCenter’s listing are:

• Anti-Immigrant
• Anti-LGBT
• Anti-Muslim
• Antigovernment Movement
• Black Separatist
• Christian Identity
• General Hate
• Holocaust Denial
• Ku Klux Klan
• Neo-Confederate
• Neo-Nazi
• Phineas Priesthood
• Racist Music
• Racist Skinhead
• Radical Traditional Catholicism
• Sovereign Citizens Movement
•  White Nationalist