From our friends and colleagues at the Southern Poverty Law Center:
October is "Hate Crimes Awareness Month." The one thing that has Blacks always looking over their shoulders lives on, rearing its ugly head periodically from time to time. It's no secret that since the current administration took over, Black people, Brown people, and other minorities have to pay attention and be keenly aware of their surroundings.
East Tennessee has a total population of 1.25 million people, according to the last census. In the 15-county East Tennessee region managed by the East Tennessee Economic Development Agency, approximately 56,006 (or 4.5% of the population) are Black or African-American.
Hate is still in our backyards in Tennessee.. click this link to see where it is. See and scross down the list of hate groups in the column at the lower right.
Click here to see where hate lives in the rest of the United States. Click anywhere on the map for a specific location.
