Apparently, living in a post-racial America means the Ku Klux Klan uses candy to recruit people. Residents of a South Carolina subdivision woke up Sunday to bags of sweets and fliers that read SAVE OUR LAND, JOIN THE KLAN, according to WHNS. The smarties and peppermints were left as part of the hate groups national night ride, held three times a year. #KKK uses candy to recruit in South Carolina t.co/Q9NmrzbXLF pic.twitter/rhdlOV0Fg8 — KRON 4 News (@kron4news) July 16, 2014 Given that housing isnt as segregated as it was during the Klans heyday, several recruitment packages ended up in the driveways of minorities. In that aspect, the KKK doesnt discriminate. I mean, we cant tell who lives in a house, whether theyre black, white, Mexican, gay, we cant tell that, Robert Jones, a high ranking member, told WHNS. And if you were to look at somebodys house like that, that means youd be pretty much a racist. This isnt a one-off incident. As NBC News reported Tuesday, the Klan is trying to leverage the recent immigration debate into a membership bump. Save our land fliers appeared in two Atlanta neighborhoods recently — a member of that Klan chapter said they received 25 applications (racists are selective) and the immigration crisis is recruiting members for us. Whether thats actually the case isnt clear yet, but Mark Potok at the Southern Poverty Law Center, an organization that monitors hate groups, said the Klan has used immigration as a propaganda tool in the past.
Posted on: Thu, 17 Jul 2014 15:58:26 +0000
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