1. Racism- Hate Groups Class: A’ grade of Senior High School Students: Papathanasiou Spiros Matsaggos Haris Fotopoulos Giorgos PROJECT OBJECTIVES To raise students awareness on existent social groups whose activity is based on racist ideas To enhance students’ understanding and knowledge of the meaning of ‘hate social groups’ To sharpen students’ skills in research, in depth-analysis and presentation

2. HATE GROUPS

3. What is a Hate Group? A hate group is an organized group or movement that advocates and practices hatred, hostility, or violence towards members of a race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other designated sector of society.

4. KU KLUX KLAN (1860-1869) Main Goal: White Supremacy Founded: 1 st Klan: 1865 2 nd Klan: 1914 3 rd klan: 1946 Disolved: 1 st Klan: 1870 2 nd Klan: 1944 3 rd Klan: Present Ideology: Anti-Jewish, anti-Catholic, anti-immigrant and later anti- Communist.

5. Westboro Baptist Church Main Goal: Eradication of homosexuals Founded: November 27, 1955 Ideology: Primitive Baptist & Calvinist Main Actions: Hate speech against homosexuals at Gage Park, picketing the funeral of Matthew Shepard, hate speech against deceased Iraq soldiers funerals

6. Black Panthers Party (1966-1982) Main Goal: Safety of the people, stopping the police brutality, monitoring the police Founded: 1966 Dissolved: 1982 Ideology: (Black) Nationalism,Anti-Fascist,Anti- Racist,Marxism

7. Islamic State Main Goal: Control of Israel, Lebanon and Jordan Founded:2006 Main Actions: Multiple suicide bombings, mass murdering, public and mass executions Ideology: Extremism Leader: Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi