Howard Kleinberg

Howard Kleinberg argues in the following viewpoint that the tenets of hate groups such as the World Church of the Creator—a white supremacist group that believes whites are superior to all other races—advocate hate and violence against minorities. Therefore, it is unsurprising when members of these hate groups act on these beliefs and murder those they have been taught to hate. Groups that advocate hate are just as responsible for their members’ criminal acts as the criminals themselves, he concludes. Kleinberg is a reporter with Cox News Service.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. Why does Kleinberg refuse to call the World Church of the Creator a church?
2. What is the eighth commandment of the World Church of the Creator, as cited by the author?
3. What is Kleinberg&rsquo...