but, you know, the crypts and the bloods and the mexican mafia, these are groups that are criminal enterprises. they are not seeking to impose some kind of racial ideology in the country. as to the liberation front that i talked about them earlier and i we do write about them. we do cover hate groups of all kinds. the new black panthers which is utterly unlike and unrelated to the original is a racist hate group. we've listed it as such. we try to look at the whole send and assess it in an even handed way. >> host: mark potok of the southern poverty law center. thank you very much for being on the washington journal this morning. >> guest: and thank you for having me. i really appreciate it. >> all this month, see the winners of the studentcam competition. they subjected on one of the great east strength or challenge the country is facing. watch the top videos every morning at 6:50 eastern and at 8:30, meet the students who made them. for a preview of all of the winners, visit c-span.org. >> i know what the challenge is. we're in a unique position to go to work. we need a road map to get it do

but the gangs and the mexican mafia and the aryan brotherhood, these are fundamentally criminal enterprises. the are not seeking to -- they are not seeking to impose some sort of ideology. we also do cover hate groups of all kinds. the new dock panther party, which is utterly unlike end -- the new black panther party, which is utterly unlike the to original, is a racist hate group. but whatever it is worth, we try very hard to look at the whole scene and assess it in an even- handed way. host: thank you very much for being on the "washington journal" this morning. caller: thank you for having me -- guest: thank you for having me. host: the lead story in last week's "wall street journal" ceos see pay fall again as the recession took a toll. the author of the article, joann lublin is our guest in just a few minutes. we will be right back. >> wednesday, live from the white house, first lady michelle obama who has made fighting child of obesity one of her focuses will sit down with a student from hawaii. his topic was charles guto pc. joining will be other studentcam filters -- his topic was ch

but the gangs and the mexican mafia and the aryan brotherhood, these are fundamentally criminal enterprises. the are not seeking to -- they are not seeking to impose some sort of ideology. we also do cover hate groups of all kinds. the new dock panther party, which is utterly unlike end -- the new black panther party, which is utterly unlike the to original, is a racist hate group. but whatever it is worth, we try very hard