Bigots and Patriotism
The ku klux klan today is not as much the heavy hitters they used to be, in the particular article Im reading the organization is far removed from their pre-existing group. The original ku klux klan disbanded when its supposed purposed was done and the current organization that resides under that name is uses the name but is not in anyway connected to the one before in the article it states that “This theft was designed to advertise the upstart organization; in this it has been successful. Among Southerners a romantic tradition of patriotism and terrible justice hallows the memory of the old Klan” with this excerpt from the article it helps show the differences of the two organizations despite sharing of the name. Basically the new group is profiting off of the old organization.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1922/07/the-modern-ku-klux-klan/537081/
From another article it says that the Ku Klux Klan has been getting involved in demonstrations of violence, admitting new members and burning swastikas and the cross. The KKK is now solely made and focused for bigots and racist white people along with some white-passing people who still believe that the difference in the amount of melanin their skin produces somehow makes them superior to others. Unfortunately the KKK is involved with another problematic group that also uses the clout of their previous owners of the name to piggy-back as well. The organization is called the neo-nazis; neo meaning new. This organizations primary focus is the same as the KKK to a slightly different degree, the want Adolf hitlers regimes back and to have Aryans as proclaimed as the purest race.
To top it all of the article states that they have joined forces and now are in cahoots together hence the nazi salute and swastika being added to some of the KKK rallies. I think both of the groups just like attention and the idea of people being scared thought they have no real power other than spreading these days is look “intimidating”/ Dumb on the news and internet. It only saddens me because these people spread these hateful ideologies to their children and those who are seeking community and belonging and end up in the wrong place out of wanting to belong.
https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/the-kkk-today/3/