Professor: City a target for hate groups due to ‘Keep Austin Weird’ diversity

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Groups with some of the same racist ideology as the demonstrators in Charlottesville, Virginia are active in the Austin area. Local experts say the city is attractive to those spreading messages of hate.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s hate map, four hate groups have operations in the Austin area. Those include The Daily Stormer, a Neo-Nazi group, Power of Prophecy, a general hate group, Nation of Islam, a Black Separatist group and the Southern Nationa