Hatred Makes Me Sick

We just watched a clip from "Eyes on the Prize" in my Political Sociology course.  The documentary is about the Civil Rights movement back in the 50's and 60's.  Every time I watch footage from the movements, and I see the brutality that was inflicted on people who were simply trying to be treated fairly (as the laws even said they were entitled to be), it makes me sick to my stomach. To fathom having enough contempt toward a person/group of people to do the kinds of things that many white southerners did to those advocating the Civil Rights movement is just beyond me.