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Hate Takes a Hit

Issue Number: 
109
 | 
Spring
 
2003

In this yearly audit of hate and 'Patriot' groups in the United States, the radical right, appearing more potent than ever in early 2002, finds itself in disarray. Also in this issue: a culture of vigilante violence along the U.S.-Mexico border; David Duke, con man; and the dismal record of the SLRC.

In This Issue

The Year in Hate, 2002

By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
The Year in Hate, 2002: hate takes a hit as deaths, defections, arrests and internal splits roil America's embattled white supremacist movement.

Open Season

As extremists peddle their anti-immigrant rhetoric along the troubled Arizona border, a storm gathers
By Bob Moser
Along the Arizona border, extremists organize, peddle their anti-immigrant rhetoric, and take action.

Insatiable

The guilty plea of white supremacist David Duke for corruption is only the latest episode in the life of a voracious con man
By Martin A. Lee
The guilty plea of white supremacist David Duke for corruption is only the latest episode in the life of a voracious con man.

Cashing in on the Confederacy

A North Carolina legal group calls itself the leading advocate for 'Confederate Americans.' Its dismal record suggests otherwise
By Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok
The Southern Legal Resource Center (SLRC), a North Carolina legal group, calls itself the leading advocate for 'Confederate Americans.' Its exaggerations and dismal record suggests otherwise.

More Features

Into the Mainstream

Editorial
By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
The near-universal repudiation of Sen. Trent Lott — after statements amounting to an endorsement of institutionalized segregation in December 2002 — belies the spread of radical right ideology into the American mainstream.

Creator Crack-Up

By Heidi Beirich and Mark Potok
With its leader imprisoned, its name illegal and its ranks thinned by splits, the World Church of the Creator is on the ropes.

Detailing David Duke

By Martin A. Lee
For more than a decade, authors have probed the history and ideology of David Duke, America's best-known white supremacist.

'Full Colon Miller'

By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
A Milwaukee conspiracist says punctuation such as the colon is the key to liberty, but others say David Wynn Miller is full of it.

Temporada de caza

por Bob Moser
Mientras los extremistas pregonan su retórica anti-inmigrantes a lo largo de la conflictiva frontera de Arizona, se avecina una tormenta

The Blotter: Spring 2003

By Bob Moser
Read a chronological list of arrests and other legal actions against the radical right from 2002 and the first two months of 2003.

Vigilante Incident List

Crimes against border-crossers are hard to detect in the lonely Arizona Desert — but suspicious incidents keep cropping up
By Bob Moser
Suspicious incidents keep cropping up along the Arizona-Mexico border.

A Congressman Speaks

A newly elected congressman discusses anti-immigrant vigilantism and racism in his southern Arizona district
Newly elected Rep. Raul Grijalva discusses anti-immigrant vigilantism and racism in his southern Arizona district.

Duke Travels in European Anti-Semitic Circles

By Martin A. Lee
Neo-Nazi David Duke found many new friends — and even more buyers of his books — during his recent years in Europe.

Dating David Duke

A girlfriend remembers America's best-known racist as vain, selfish and opinionated — and not too devoted to his cause
By Mark Potok, Senior Fellow
A former Duke girlfriend remembers America's best-known racist as vain, selfish and opinionated — and not too devoted to his cause.

Spy vs. Spy

Kirk Lyons, linked by the FBI to a bizarre espionage case, fires off an angry denial and insists he is 'a loyal American'
By Bob Moser
SLRC Chief Trial Counsel Kirk Lyons, linked by the FBI to a bizarre espionage case, fires off an angry denial and insists he is 'a loyal American.'

Briefs

Neo-Confederates: SCV Purges Moderates

The Sons of Confederate Veterans, a 32,000-strong organization that has been traditionally "non-political," has begun purging its non-radical members.

Black Supremacist 'Savior' Guilty of Mass Molestation

Black Nationalism
Dwight York, leader of the black supremacist hate group the Nuwaubian Nation of Moors, pleaded guilty to mass child molestation in January 2003.

Preserving Racism

Alabama 'heritage' defender in secret meeting with neo-Nazis
"Heritage" leader Linda Sewell is exposed accepting a "certificate of appreciation" from the Klan after a January 2003 extremist rally.

Utah Teen Kills for Racist Gang Tattoo

Extremists Behind Bars
Early in the last century, psychologist Alfred Adler broke with Sigmund Freud, declaring that people's behavior is driven largely by their need to belong. In October 2001, 18-year-old Darren Neil Grueber Jr. provided grisly confirmation of Adler's theory.

FBI — Bogus Election Spawned Assassination Plot

Patriot Crimes
After being elected "true governor" of Washington state in 1998 by an antigovernment group, James D. Brailey plots to kill actual governor Gary Locke.

Fractured Southern Party in Unity Talks

White Nationalism
Neo-Confederates attempt to unify the Southern Party, a political group founded by members of the League of the South hate group among other extremists.

Shuttle Disaster Cheered by Extremists

Neo-Nazis
Neo-Nazis and other extremists interpret the deaths of the space shuttle Columbia's multicultural crew as divine judgment.

Symbols in School

A New Jersey case complicates school officials' attempts to ban the wearing of symbols like the Confederate flag.