Frequently asked questions about hate groups (SPLC article)

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From the article:

The Southern Poverty Law Center defines a hate group as an organization that – based on its official statements or principles, the statements of its leaders, or its activities – has beliefs or practices that attack or malign an entire class of people, typically for their immutable characteristics. We do not list individuals as hate groups, only organizations.

The organizations on our hate group list vilify others because of their race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation or gender identity – prejudices that strike at the heart of our democratic values and fracture society along its most fragile fault lines.

The FBI uses similar criteria in its definition of a hate crime:
[A] criminal offense against a person or property motivated in whole or in part by an offender’s bias against a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, ethnicity, gender, or gender identity.

To read more:

https://www.splcenter.org/20171004/frequently-asked-questions-about-hate-groups

In our area, we have dealt with Act for America, an SPLC designated hate group that is currently supporting an Islamophobic racist near to my town.

The SPLC list is a valuable guide for local activists dealing with local and national right wing groups.