Editing Hate group (section)

{{Short description|Collective united by hatred against others}}
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[[File:Symbolique-bonehead.jpg|thumb|187px|Examples of hate group symbols:{{ordered list|the white nationalist [[Celtic cross]]|the [[Winged Odal]]|the [[white power]] raised [[Raised fist|fist]]|the [[Iron Cross]] with the Nazi swastika|the [[SS]] [[Sig runes]]|the SS ''[[Totenkopf]]''
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A '''hate group''' is a [[social group]] that advocates and practices [[hatred]], [[hostility]], or [[violence]] towards members of a [[race (human classification)|race]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], [[nation]], [[religion]], [[gender]], [[gender identity]], [[sexual orientation]], or any other designated sector of [[society]]. 

According to the United States [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI), a hate group's "primary purpose is to promote animosity, hostility, and malice against persons belonging to a race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity/national origin which differs from that of the members of the organization."<ref>"Hate Crime Data Collection Guidelines", ''Uniform Crime Reporting: Summary Reporting System: National Incident-Based Reporting System'', U.S. Department of Justice: Federal Bureau of Investigation, Criminal Justice Information Services Division, Revised October 1999.</ref>