I happened to be stumbling around at SPLCenter.org and wanted to post this map up of their Active Hate Group list.
Probably what I found most surprising (outside of the fact that the little Klan icons on the SPLC interactive map reminded me of something out of South Park) is that Texas wasn't #1 and Oregon (which I sometimes like to refer to as White Militia Country for absolutely no good reason) only had 7 active groups (technically this a good thing though).
And yes - I know my Asian people live and thrive and are taking over the Pacific Northwest and it's not the land of White People Only - but even if Oregon happened to become all Asian five years from now - it'd still take me a while to not call it White Militia Country.
I can't help it.
Bad habits are hard to break.
P.S.
A random note that might amuse you is that everytime I look at a map, Idaho just seems to be out of place and mentally I want to re-arrange it with Nebraska.
I don't know why.
And How Many Hate Groups Live In Your State?
Tuesday, September 08, 2009Labels: Know Your Map, Race, Racism