Hatred - Is it Taught?

Okay, I've been a couch potato lately, watching movies from 1935 to present day. Interestingly enough, I ran across a movie that really had me on the edge of my seat with a box full of Kleenex.

The movie "Betrayed" starring Debra Winger and Tom Berenger actually was about an FBI agent who infiltrates a Klanlike white supremacist organization, according to a synopsis of the movie. But what got my nerves on edge was the particular lifestyle of Berenger's character. Being a white supremacist, Berenger's character was teaching his family hatred; they had camps where they would not only train other members of their society, but their children had to attend 'school' as well, learning to hate, kill and destroy.

This made me realize that there are truly people out here that are so filled with hate, but why? And to go as far as to learning your children to hate, unnerved me even more!

There was a scene in the movie where Berenger and his organization went 'hunting'; not just an ordinary hunt, but a hunt where they would chase down a black person and kill them in the dark woods...I don't want to get too opinionated on this, because this is not the point I'm trying to get across. But I will state there has got to be some large capacities of groups who not only support this type of living, and are probably more than that who are actually living this lifestyle. My question is this: Is this even justified by our justice system? I've heard and witnessed reported 'Hate Crimes' and the laws against it, but when does this actually take affect? Does it only adhere to person-to-person? Or does it extend to large groups such as the 'Klans'...?

Which leads to my subject: Is this type of hatred taught? The children of Berenger's character were learned that they had to fight for a pure nation/world; that the Blacks, Jews and other 'different' people were taking over.....but how do you instill in that child the fact of true love? Also, if one is learning about the love of Christ, how can that love be teamed up with hate? Does love have boundaries?

And for those who may disagree with me stating that 'we're all children of God'...Try this on for size: