There Are 84 Active Hate Groups In Texas, The Most Of Any State

[TexasTowelie]

The number of active hate groups rose from 784 in 2014 to 892 in 2015, according to Southern Poverty Law Center.
Southern Poverty Law Center


There are 892 active hate groups in the U.S. In Texas, there are 84 — the most of any other state, according to an interactive U.S. map from Southern Poverty Law Center.

SPLC gathered the data from hate group publications and websites, citizen and law enforcement reports, field sources and news reports.

The map (PDF) shows the number and location of hate groups, as well as the total number of hate groups in each state as of 2015.

What Is A Hate Group?

The SPLC says all hate groups "have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people." The group says there's been a 14 percent increase in hate groups since 2014.

The Largest Hate Group In Texas: the Ku Klux Klan

Of the 84 active groups in Texas, 52 are Ku Klux Klan chapters across the state.

Read more: http://kut.org/post/there-are-84-active-hate-groups-texas-most-any-state

Of the 84 active groups in Texas, 52 are Ku Klux Klan chapters across the state.

[True Dough]

1. I'm gonna guess with a username like TexasTowelie

that you're from Texas???

What's your experience? Do you find your state less tolerant than other states you have lived in or visited? Does your reality match the perception from the article you posted?

[TexasTowelie]

3. Yes, I'm from Texas.

I was born in Corpus Christi, grew up in a small town of 2,000 people in South Texas, spent my adult years in Austin and the DFW area and I'm currently living southwest of Houston.

I see signs of racism in two of the towns that I've lived in within the past three years (one of 15,000 and another of 9,000) including cemeteries filled with Confederate flags and there is one home not that far away that proudly flies their Confederate flag each day. I occasionally hear a racist remark and from a moral perspective I know that I should engage those people to challenge their bigotry, but I'm not a position physically or legally to take those risks so I think how stupid the person is, bite my tongue, and try to stay out of trouble.

I don't have any experience associating with hate groups and have very limited mobility, but I do on occasion see signs that some people might be involved in hate groups (skinheads, tattoos, etc.). I don't get approached by anyone in attempt to get me to join any of those groups, but my general appearance (tie-dye T-shirts and moderate length hair) generally doesn't make me fit the profile to engage with the people looking for new members for their groups.

I've only made very brief visits to New Mexico, Louisiana and Florida in my life and none within nearly 15 years so I'm not in the position to make any comparisons of hate group activity among the states.

[MFM008]

2. only 82?

[TexasTowelie]

4. Actually it is 84,

but the SPLC hasn't added our lieutenant governor to the list yet.