Tuesday, March 25, 2008

Anti-immigration and hate groups

One of the things that people get upset about every year when Randy Blazak comes to speak to class is when he points out that anti-immigration politics feed and strengthen hate groups. Southern Poverty Law Center , one of the great non-partisan, non-profit organizations in the countries, has the research that succinctly supports that little bit of what seems to me some obvious logic: Target an ethnicity and groups that thrive on hate will embrace your cause. Randy's point is simply, understand the company you keep.