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Hate In The Heartland: Examining Hate Groups In Nebraska’S Past And Present, Grant Van Robays
Hate In The Heartland: Examining Hate Groups In Nebraska’S Past And Present, Grant Van Robays
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Hate groups that malign entire classes of people based on race, religion, sexuality, gender, or other characteristic appear in every U.S. state. Nebraska is home to nine such groups, one of the highest figures in the country on a per capita basis. While notoriously secretive, previous research and watchdog reporting has pulled back the curtain on hate groups, such as the Ku Klux Klan and various neo-Nazi organizations, positing theories on how and why groups form. Minimal research has described in depth hate groups in a single state, let alone a quaint state like Nebraska. This case study of hate …