This article was written to raise awareness of the KKK and hopefully to spread the message of how terrible it is. The clan has mottos like "save our land, join the klan" and "if it ain't white, it ain't right." It disgusts me to see that something like this hasn’t been fully put behind us. We should not stoop so low to revisit this subject and try to still make it successful. We are better than that. We are Americans.
Current Events Blog for Mrs. Countryman's AP United States History class at Booker T Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas.
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
KKK Recruitments
Recently a white supremacist group called the Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, has been recruiting thousands. They mainly target African Americans, but also Jews, immigrants, gays, and Catholics. From New York to Texas they have been recruiting the average American citizen. Not only are they informally introducing this into American’s lives, they are trying to win us over with candy. Come on, candy? Bags are placed on doors or cars containing fliers, membership applications, and candy. Many are shocked and offended by this act they have taken on Americans. In Ferguson, Missouri this has seemed to turn on citizens. It’s a shame to think that America is still having racial issues. We are all the same. Take away our skin and you are left with bones, muscles, organs, a brain, and a heart, no matter what the person’s skin color, eye color, hair color, gender preference, or religion choice is, we are all Americans and we are all capable of respecting one another. That’s what makes everybody unique, their preferences and choices. If we were all white, all believed in the same morals, all had the same opinion and view of the world we live in, where we live would not be called America.
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It honestly baffles me whenever people try to act like racism is no longer an issue in this country, while be have made huge strides forward race relations are still very much a work in progress.
ReplyDeleteI don't understand how this age of men and women truly believe that racism has passed. Yes, it is true that we no longer have public lynching or "colored' water fountains; however, racism is still a very pressing issue and should not be taken lightly.
ReplyDeleteThe fact that this group still exist is crazy to me. I agree with Veronica we still face many problems with racism and, we have some areas where it is still a huge problem.
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