Texas Is Fertile Ground For Hate Groups

No organization in this country knows as much about hate groups and keeps a closer eye on them than the Southern Poverty Law Center does. The SPLC has just come out with its annual report on hate groups. The new report covers the year of 2006.

The SPLC lists 844 active hate group chapters in the United States. That is a 5% increase over the 803 chapters active in 2005. Not surprisingly, Texas is still proving to be a fertile recruiting ground for these new groups - especially the new immigrant-bashing hate groups. After seeing the results of of the Farmers Branch election, this should not shock anyone. Around 68% of the voters there think it is perfectly OK to discriminate against Hispanics in housing.

In 2006, Texas had 55 active chapters of hate groups of all kinds. The only state with more active hate group chapters was California with 63 chapters. The 10 states with the most active hate group chapters are:

1. California (63)

2. Texas (55)

3. Florida (49)

4. South Carolina (45)

5. Georgia (44)

6. Tennessee (35)
7.New Jersey (34)

8. North Carolina (33)

9. Virginia (31)

10. Mississippi (28)

There were four states that had no active hate group chapters. This does not mean they have no one espousing hate - just that they're not organized. The four states were Hawaii, South Dakota, North Dakota and Rhode Island.

Here are Texas' 55 active chapters, along with the hate groups they belong to:

American White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (2)

San Angelo, Sherman

Bayou Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1)

Midlothian

Brotherhood of Klans Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1)

Lake Jackson

Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1)

San Angelo

Imperial Klans of America (4)

Austin, Desoto, Houston, Lefors

National Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (1)

Blue Ridge

Texas Knights of the Invisible Empire Inc. (1)

San Antonio

White Camelia Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (2)

Cleveland, Houston

American Thule Society (1)

Texas

Aryan Nations (2)

Bellmead, Houston

National Alliance (2)

Dallas/Ft. Worth, Houston

National Socialist Movement (3)

Houston, Lubbock, Richardson

White Revolution (1)

Texas

Aryan Wear (1)

Keller

European and American Unity Rights Organization (1)

Dallas/Ft. Worth

Blood and Honour (1)

Richardson

Confederate Hammerskins (2)

Dallas, Houston

Lone Star State Skinheads (1)

Houston

Aryan Covenant Church (1)

Anderson

Christian Guard (1)

Texas

Gospel Broadcasting Association (1)

Houston

League of the South (8)

Austin, Iredell, Northeast, Panhandle, Rio Grande Valley, South Central, Southeast, San Angelo

Nation of Islam (7)

Austin, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Texarkana, Waco

New Black Panther Party (2)

Dallas, Houston

Border Guardians (1)

Livingston

Desastrious Records (1)

Springtown

Old Guard Records (1)

Plano

Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints (1)

Eldorado

Jewish Defense League (1)

Waco

Power of Prophecy (1)

Austin

What a sickening list! Texas has every kind of whacko hate group that there is. Constitutionally, these creeps have the right to spout their hatred. But we have the right to fight them every step of the way. To fight them, you must know them. That is why I printed the list, and that is why the SPLC keeps watch on these hate groups.

It's a dangerous job, but the SPLC does an excellent job of keeping tabs on all the hate groups in America (probably even better than the government). But they are a private group and this is expensive work. If you can afford it, send a few dollars their way and help them fight the hate.