Hate Goes to School

Issue Number:

Spring

2000

At even the most prominent schools around the nation, hate gains a foothold with professors, students, and in hate crimes and bias incidents. Patriot groups are on the decline; a former federal prosecutor remembers the mistakes at Waco.

In This Issue

Colleges and Universities See Increase in Hate Crimes

At institutions of higher learning, including many of America's leading universities, hate is becoming commonplace.

Red Hot Patriot Movement Cools Down

Militia groups fell by half in 1999, marking the dwindling away of a movement that peaked four years earlier.

Neo-Pagans Peter Georgacarakos, David Lane and Richard Scutari Publishing from Prison

Imprisoned racists are working with others outside the walls to spread a noxious version of ancient Norse religion

John William King Quotes Francis Parker Yockey in Statement About Hate Crime

By Martin A. Lee

Francis Parker Yockey, an American fascist who died in jail in 1960, is being resuscitated as 'a prophet for our movement.'

More Features

Memories Of 'Patriotism' Editorial By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow The anti-government 'Patriot' movement is just a shadow of its former self.	Former Federal Prosecutor Bill Johnson Discusses Branch Davidian Siege in Waco Read an interview with Bill Johnston, a former federal prosecutor who played key roles in the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidian compound in Waco Texas and the subsequent prosecution of the 11 surviving Davidians.
Pennsylvania Rampage An immigration lawyer charged with a series of anti-minority murders headed up the tiny 'Free Market Party.'	Olivet College in Michigan Reacts to Rising Number Hate Crime Incidents Nationwide Olivet College, founded as an abolitionist institution, was one of the first to face widespread campus hate — and to react.
The Professors At universities and colleges around North America, a growing number of professors are endorsing Holocaust denial, race-based IQ theories and eugenics.	The Students Many college students are searching for an academic basis for their bigoted feelings. Read anonymous e-mails sent by students to neo-Nazi leader William Pierce.

Briefs

Common-Law Groups A Louisiana 'Empress' faces the law A Louisiana 'Empress,' head of the obscure common-law group Washitaw de Dugdahmoundyah, faces charges of tax evasion and mail and wire fraud.	In Seattle, a Nazi Gets a TV Show Propaganda Matt Hale, leader of the neo-Nazi World Church of the Creator, turns to public access cable TV to get his message out.	It's Official: David Irving is 'Pro-Nazi' Holocaust Denial World War II historian David Irving is called 'an active Holocaust denier' by a London judge.
Patriot Trials 'Patriot' entrepreneur acquitted of kidnapping 'Patriot' entrepreneur James 'Bo' Gritz was acquitted of kidnapping in the case of follower Linda Wiegand's two children.	Murder Charge Against Alliance Recruiter Dropped Neo-Nazis The murder charge against neo-Nazi National Alliance recruiter Michael Stehle has been dropped.	Arrests Made in North Carolina Attack on FBI Domestic Terrorism Federal indictments charge Eddie Carringer and Wayne Burchfield with a North Carolina attack on the FBI.
Enraged Black Man Targets Whites Hate Crimes An enraged black man, Ronald Taylor, sets out on a rampage targeting whites in Pittsburgh.	Water Sports Michigan militia figure takes another dive The paranoia of militia figure Mark Koernke has again left him sopping wet, bobbing in a near-freezing pond and facing criminal charges.	Mainstreaming Hate CCC reveals its true color: white The Council of Conservative Citizens (CCC) reveals its true white supremacist views.
Subsidizing Hate A recent Supreme Court ruling could force public universities to support campus hate

Southern Poverty Law Center