Drivers of hate in the U.S. have distinct regional differences
February 9, 2018 by Lisa Potter, University of Utah
Reported by the Southern Poverty Law Center, 2000-2014. Credit: Medina et al., 2018, Taylor & Francis 2018
In a new study, University of Utah geographers sought to understand the factors fueling hate across space. Their findings paint a rather grim reality of America; hate is a national phenomenon, and more complicated than they imagined.
The researchers mapped the patterns of active hate groups in every U.S. county in the year 2014, and analyzed their potential socioeconomic and ideological drivers.
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