So are hate groups gangs?

Gang War Bangin' In Little Rock I got an interesting email from a young man this morning who is a member of a neo-nazi supremacist group. He wondered why I didn't consider hate groups as gangs. Are they? I'm not sure. I know they are categorized as "Security Threat Groups" in prisons and jails. As far as kids joining, I suspect it is only who got to them first. If they are struggling in life and feel they don't belong to anything, any open arms are a welcome sight. It matters not who the arms belong to, only that they are open... To beat gangs, compete with them. S/