Should racial extremists have to register like sex offenders do?

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It is the right of every American to be fully aware of whom or what may harm them in their own neighborhood.

Condominium owners have interview processes, there are homeowner's associations all across the nation and all sorts of preventative measures are taken to avoid having "the wrong kind of people move into our "quiet little neighborhoods" where every in every house you may find an individual who is recognized, as a "pillar of the community."

Who are the people living in your neighborhood? What are their likes and dislikes? Let's face it; you could be living next to ANYONE these days.

I came across an article that gave a detailed description about the activity of a high-ranking clansman in Louisiana who murdered a woman during a Klan initiation ceremony when she had second thoughts about joining his organization.

It gave a rather detailed description of this particular man’s activity in the Klan since 2001. I wondered who would have been monitoring this activity and could this woman’s death have been prevented if there were a national registry for ALL hate activity whether religious, governmental, or racial. As African American’s it is very difficult to forget the gruesome images of our ancestors and relatives being murdered and tortured in cold blood. It hasn’t been such a long time since “southern trees bore strange fruit” and it pains me to say that activity like this might still be going on in some rural areas of the nation, unreported… just not discussed. The question that lingers in my mind: “Is America the seed sower of hate?”

A professor of mine while I was in undergrad gave me a link to one of the most powerful websites these search engines hold, the owners of this site are the Southern Poverty Law Center. Founded in 1971 as a small civil rights law firm in Montgomery Alabama, this non profit organization has grown to have a database almost of every known and reported hate group. It allows people to log in and report such groups in their local states. This organization has been monitoring hate activity for over thirty years and deserves great recognition for doing so. I challenge you to visit their website and become aware of what surrounds your humble dwellings, and if you are so moved I encourage you to donate to their mission--to monitor organized hate.