Obama hated....by hate groups

When Obama was elected, it was a huge moment for our country, a sign that we may all finally be able to see beyond the color of skin. Behind all the hype of America’s first black president, a seemingly outdated notion of hate groups brewed and began to boil again. Don Black, the creator of the website Stormfront.com and former grand wizard of the KKK, bragged that the day after the historic election of Barack Obama, more than 2,000 people joined his website. Stormfront is a white nationalist, neo-Nazi website which promotes the preservation of the white race. There have also been reports of the number of hate groups growing by 54% since 2000. “Obama serves as a "visual aid" that is helping respark a sense of purpose in current supporters and lure new members, said neo-Nazi David Duke”, a former Klan leader. While there may not be a direct connection between the rise in hate crimes and the increasing number in members of online hate groups such as stormfront.com, the sentiment is the same. In 2005, the number of hate crimes was at 7,163 and in 2007 there was an increase resulting in 7,624 hate crimes. Despite the lack of direct evidence, it is not hard to correlate the rising number of members joining online hate groups and the rise of hate crimes.