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Kablooie

(18,634 posts)
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:21 PM Aug 2017

California is ranked as #1 in the number of hate groups.

1. California: 79
2. Florida: 63
3. Texas: 55
4. New York: 47
5. Virginia: 42

You know who wasn’t even mildly surprised? The people working at The Southern Poverty Law Center.
The organization dedicated to monitoring hate groups and extremists in the United States has documented a nearly 300% increase in anti-Muslim hate groups since 2015 and a drastic rise in overall harassment incidents in the last two years.

“2016 was an unprecedented year for hate,” Mark Potok, the editor of the group’s yearly Intelligence report, said. “The country saw a resurgence of white nationalism that imperils the racial progress we’ve made, along with the rise of a president whose policies reflect the values of white nationalists.”

They documented 917 hate groups, which they define as groups with “beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics,” actively operating in the U.S. Here’s where every state falls:

http://all-that-is-interesting.com/the-most-hate-groups-per-state

Here is the Hate Map data provided by the Southern Poverty Law Center
https://www.splcenter.org/hate-map
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California is ranked as #1 in the number of hate groups. (Original Post) Kablooie Aug 2017 OP
It would be useful to have a per capita number. LisaM Aug 2017 #1
It has by far the largest population exboyfil Aug 2017 #2
That's ironic MFM008 Aug 2017 #3
That is probably one reason they are so pissed off. BigmanPigman Aug 2017 #4
This is misleading SHRED Aug 2017 #5

LisaM

(27,813 posts)
1. It would be useful to have a per capita number.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:26 PM
Aug 2017

I wish the count was zero everywhere, but obviously California is going to have more of anything than, say, South Dakota.

exboyfil

(17,863 posts)
2. It has by far the largest population
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 01:27 PM
Aug 2017

So you would think that it would be in the running for the most in most situations.

BigmanPigman

(51,598 posts)
4. That is probably one reason they are so pissed off.
Wed Aug 16, 2017, 02:54 PM
Aug 2017

The poor things want CA to be more racist so they are doing their part to even things out.

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