VIENNA, VA—After a white nationalist gathering whipped up violence — resulting in the death of an anti-racism protester — in Charlottesville, Virginia, the Southern Poverty Law Center is reminding Americans that organized hate isn't a thing of the past. SPLC says nearly 1,000 organizations that meet its criteria for being designated a hate group are currently active nationwide.
SPLC states that "all hate groups have beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics."
In Virginia, SPLC says 42 hate groups — from white supremacists to anti-LGBTQ, anti-Muslim and black separatist organizations — are active. The SPLC website has an interactive map showing the location of hate groups state by state. (For more information on this and other neighborhood stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts.)
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Here's where the groups are active in Virginia:
VDARE Foundation, Warrenton, white nationalist
American Renaissance/New Century Foundation, Oakton, white nationalist/American renaissance
The Fitzgerald Griffin Foundation, Vienna, white nationalist
Understanding the Threat, Vienna, anti-Muslim
Public Advocate of the United States, Falls Church, anti-LGBT
ACT for America, Leesburg, anti-Muslim
Southern National Congress, Alexandria, Neo-Confederate
Washington Summit Publishers, Alexandria, white nationalist
Radix Journal, Alexandria, white nationalist
National Policy Institute, Alexandria/Arlington, white nationalist
Center for Perpetual Diversity, Arlington, white nationalist
ProEnglish, Arlington, anti-immigrant
League of the South, Winchester, neo-Confederate, League of the South
Virginia Christian Alliance, Richmond, anti-Muslim
Nation of Islam, Richmond, black separatist/Nation of Islam
Loyal White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Richmond, Ku Klux Klan
Confederate White Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Richmond, Ku Klux Klan
Traditionalist Worker Party, Richmond, white nationalist
Israel United In Christ, Hampton, black separatist
Mass Resistance Virginia, Yorktown, anti-LGBT
IHS Press, Norfolk, Radical traditional Catholicism
Nation of Islam, Norfolk, black separatist/Nation of Islam
American Immigration Control Foundation/Americans for Immigration Control, Monterey, anti-immigrant
Wolves of Vinland, Lynchburg, white nationalist
Virginia Publishing Company, Lynchburg, Christian identity
Christian Action Network, Forest, anti-Muslim
In the Spirit of Chartres Committee, Carollton, Radical traditional Catholicism
Einherjar's Honor Wotansvolk, statewide, neo-Nazi
Aryan Strikeforce, statewide, racist skinhead
Crew 38, statewide, racist skinhead
Black Riders Liberation Party, statewide, black separatist
In the aftermath of Charlottesville, demonstrators gathered Sunday to protest the violence and pay tribute to Heather Heyer, the woman killed when a vehicle plowed into a crowd of anti-racist protesters. Two Virginia state troopers were also killed in a helicopter crash near the site of the "Unite the Right" demonstration in Charlottesville.
Pictured in this April 23, 2016 photo, members of the Ku Klux Klan participate in cross and swastika burnings after a "white pride" rally in Georgia. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)