Thursday, July 21, 2005

Hate groups are not lovers of geography

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Ohio has the most Ku Klux Klan groups of any state in the United States. Ohio and North Carolina tie for the second-highest number of Neo-Nazi groups in the country; Pennsylvania has the most. Pennsylvania far and away has the most skinhead groups, Georgia has the most black separist groups, Arkansas has the most Christian Identity groups (3), and South Carolina is the clear leader in the category of Neo-Confederate groups. In the category of "Other," the leader is Mississippi, with Florida close behind.

And though they are not official "hate groups," it is always worth mentioning that the headquarters of several dangerous right-wing Christian groups is Colorado.

2 Comments:

I'm from Ohio. This does not make me happy

By Blogger Glen, at 6:10 PM  

Yeah, Pennsylvania here.

Parts of southern Huntingdon County have more Confederate Battle Flags flapping than the South Carolina statehouse. This from an area that sent two companies to fight for the Union at Gettysburg. Go figure.

Read Philip Jenkins' "Hoods and Shirts' A history of extremists in PA from WW1 to 1950. Scary stuff.

By Blogger handdrummer, at 7:30 PM  

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