KPBS hosts a panel discussion on hate groups in the military and how the military is keeping racial extremism from its ranks.
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The U.S. has seen a rise in racial extremism and white supremacy groups. At times, the military is targeted by those who seek the skills and the prestige associated with military service. KPBS hosts a panel discussion exploring the history of hate groups in the military and how the military is keeping racial extremism from its ranks.
THE PANEL
Heidi Beirich, Ph.D., is an expert on American and European extremist movements, including the white supremacist, anti-immigrant, antisemitic and antigovernment movements, and is the author of numerous reports and academic publications on hate and extremism movements. Prior to co-founding the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, Beirich led the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project, the foremost organization tracking hate and extremism movements in the United States.
Tony McAleer is a former Neo Nazi and founder of Life After Hate. Life After Hate helps others leave white extremist groups. In 2019, McAleer testified before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Civil Rights and Civil Liberties as part of the hearing “Confronting White Supremacy (Part II): Adequacy of the Federal Response.”
Cameron McCoy, Ph.D. is a U.S. Marine colonel and professor of U.S. Diplomatic & Military History, Race Relations, and War & Society at the United States Air Force Academy. He wrote his thesis on the slow integration of African Americans into the Marine Corps.
Dr. Carter F. Smith is a faculty member at Middle Tennessee State University. Dr. Smith has taught classes and sessions for many gang investigators associations, the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences, the National Crime Prevention Council, the Regional Organized Crime Information Center, the National Gang Crime Research Center, the Southern Criminal Justice Association, the U.S. Department of Justice and the U.S. Army. Dr. Smith is a retired U.S. Army Criminal Investigations Division (CID) Command Special Agent.
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