World Church of the Creator
A shotgun and a bottle of Whiskey in hand, dressed in a white robe. This is how I have always imagined racist hate groups all of my life. A bunch of skinhead white guys getting together to burn some crosses and hang some minorities. Yes, even non-racists can have pre-determined stereotypes of others. Now however a new face has arrived to the wide world of hate-groups. It is showing a slightly changed profile and approach from the standard. They are more educated, more media sensitive, and dare I say it... smarter. One might ask -Why is it that so many malice actions have become so intriguing to our culture as of late? The reason for this would be that this form of hate has learned to sell itself differently. Matthew Hale of the World Church of the Creator has taken a much more sophisticated approach to the matter. For instance, when speaking on a sketchy subject he stays away from obnoxious or flashy remarks about minorities. Not only using this new form of speaking to the media, but he attacks points that overlap with common thoughts of everyday citizens as well. A common example would be such as rather than saying "The dirty Mexicans are stealing our jobs", Matthew Hale might say so
Following these killings Matthew Hale showed the public what was almost a double personality for the first time. When he had an interview on National Public Radio he was quoted as saying "The blacks and non-whites are taking this country from under us," later in that same broadcast he said, "We are becoming a Niggerfied, Jewified, Monglofied country, and it's disgusting. We have to stop it." (Mallird). Matthew Hale insists that his organization does not embrace violence, yet he has expressed miniscule remorse over the shootings. Matthew Hale also following the shooting said to another media source: "I regret the death of Benjamin Smith" then a reporter questioned about the other deaths at which point he non-shalontly said "...yeah whoever they were as well... but the fortunate fact is that we can reach more people through this unfortunate incident also" (Cannon). To me personally that just shows the epitome of non-remorseful racist ignorance that the World Church of the Creator is putting forth into community. The World Church of the Creator's intelligence is not only seen in the founder Matthew Hale alone; Unlike many other hate groups, the World Church of the Creator recruits educated college students and actually targets women as well (Cannon). The World Church of the creator seems only to be getting bigger. It is said to be one of the fastest growing white supremacy groups in, not only in our country, but in the rest of the world as well. The membership figures are very unreliable. Authorities say they have over 7,000 members across 17 states, and a combined total of 41 chapters in the United States alone (Kiefer). However Matthew Hale claims to have members in 40 states and 22 other countries, compiling for an overall of 30,000 total members to his arsenal of villains (Hale). mething like, "The United States of America is being overwhelmed by immigration, and the American people need it to stop" (Lentworth). Issues such as this are reoccurring trends of thought to many white Americans. Publicly the World Church of the Creator have been heard attacking such government laws and issues such as gun control as well, taking away from the general Black and Jew rantings of the past. Now, Matthew Hale manages to convey his opinions in a racist message to the public without using any edgy or racist words. Professionals in the field have said the same of this new approach to hatred. According to Brian Levin a hate crimes expert at California State University-San Bernardino: "The hate movement is more sophisticated today than two decades ago, They want more upwardly mobile, young people who are computer literate and disenfranchised" (Mallird). According to authorities Benjamin Smith's racism seemed to grow slowly. He attended University of Illinois and studied environmental sciences, but later, after he had met Matthew Hale, he went to the
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