Sounds Like Hate

Course Materials

The following materials have been created and collected to help facilitate the course on Sounds Like Hate. The discussion guide linked below is used as the central source of conversation in live meetings. Participants are encouraged to answer the questions and reflect as they are reading the text, before coming to the meetings. In this way, participants are able to bring their perspectives and expertise to the group.

We've also included supplementary materials to help enhance participants' understanding of the particular topic. Below each link to the podcast is an i1seventeen produced recording that examines some of the major ideas from those particular episodes. These recordings also reference other books, including Vegas Tenold's Everything You Love Will Burn and Talia Lavin's Culture Warlords. Both books are highly recommended for people hoping to further examine white supremacy and hate groups.

Course Discussion Guide

Getting Out - Parts I and II

Getting Out - Supplement

Baseless - Parts I-III

Accelerationism in the White Power Movement

A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the 'Base'

The Unwelcome - Parts I and II

US Asylum Policy

Is It Legal to Aid Migrants?

Sounds Like Hate (Complete)

Course Discussion Guide

Getting Out - Parts I and II

The first two episodes of Southern Poverty Law Center's series focus on the way in which white supremacist and hate groups recruit and spread their messages.

Getting Out - Supplement

This video was created as a supplement to the two episodes titled Getting Out. In the video, we examine ideas and moments from the podcast combined with information from the books Everything You Love Will Burn by Vegas Tenold and Culture Warlords by Talia Lavin.

Baseless - Parts I-III

The episodes titled Baseless examine the way in which militia groups organize, recruit, and express their goals. In these episodes, follow reporters and experts as they review leaked conversations from Base leaders and their followers.

Accelerationism in the White Power Movement

This article by the Southern Poverty Law Center details the way in which the white supremacist movement has embraced open violence in the years since the "Unite the Right" demonstrations in Charlottesville, VA. This piece provides a broad overview of the major groups that are operating today and their motivations.

A New Face of White Supremacy: Plots Expose Danger of the 'Base'

This article from the New York Times examines the growing influence of the Base and the violence engaged in by their members.

The Unwelcome - Parts I and II

These episodes go to the Southern US border where we see how individuals and militia have decided to enforce their version of law and order.

US Asylum Policy

To better understand the realities on the border, it's important to understand US policies when it comes to asylum-seekers. USCIS provides an overview here.

Is It Legal to Aid Migrants?

In 2018, a man was arrested for providing food, water, clothing, and beds to migrants crossing the US/Mexico border in Arizona. The crimes this man was charged with carried a sentence of up to 20 years in prison. This article details the facts of the case as well as the broader context and commentary discussed on this particular issue.