Race Supremacy: Revealing Hatred

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Russia Today Channel
September 25th 2010


Donning swastikas and brown shirts, or long white robes and hoods, the attendees of a white supremacist rally are without a doubt a disquieting and memorable sight. Coated with heavy symbolism that pierces deep into the darkest shadows of America's racial history, Klan members, neo-Nazis, and other right wing extremists are easily passed off by most as simply members of a "hate group". But in order to combat the existence of these organizations, we must first understand them. How do members of these groups acquire their beliefs? How does the white supremacist movement exist now, in a country where it is considered by many to be a relic of the past? And what are its goals for the future?
On the other side of the coin, what is it like to be a victim of violence perpetrated by this movement? Or what is it like to attempt to infiltrate or monitor right wing extremism, despite the dangers?
The film "Revealing Hate" will attempt to answer some of these questions, through telling the stories of those who have prosecuted, photographed, protested, infiltrated, and even participated in these organizations. Each individual's story, told separately in a vignette style, will shed more light on these philosophies that continue to run deep within the fringes of our society.

We will begin our journey with someone who is considered by many to be a pioneer of hate group infiltration -- Stetson Kennedy. In the 1940s, Kennedy posed as a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and infiltrated the KKK in order to gather intelligence on their activities. After bringing his inside information to both the media and the government, he has dedicated his life to fighting for civil rights and social justice. A seasoned historian, and an advocate for equality, we will hear from Stetson about his exploits in the company of the Klan.

We will then hear from Stetson's heirs -- men and women whose lives have purposefully or inadvertently included contact and experience with extremist groups. Like Jamie Bates, a photojournalist from Mississippi who has been documenting the modern KKK in the south for the past seven years. And Paul and Sally Bermanzohn, who are survivors of the 1979 Greensboro attack by the Ku Klux Klan against Klan protestors. Paul and Sally talk about the devastating effect that the shooting attack had on their lives -- crippling Paul for life, and killing five of their closest friends. We'll also tell the story of Angela King, a former neo-Nazi who turned herself around while serving time in jail for a hate crime. She now speaks out against racism alongside Holocaust victims at Student Awareness Days around South Florida..