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{{stub}}[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democratic party as continuations of the Confederacy]] | {{stub}}[[Image:Artoon.jpg|right|thumb|A political cartoon depicting the KKK and the Democratic party as continuations of the Confederacy]] | ||
| − | The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is | + | The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is an extreme right-wing [[social]] and [[cultural]] [[movement]] in the [[United States]]. It aims at the suppression of [[African-American]], [[Jewish]], [[Homosexual]], and [[Catholic]] interests. [[Violence]] and [[intimidation]] are historically the means used to achieve these ends. . Its active membership is estimated to be less than 10,000 in the United States. While some members of the Klan claim it to be a Christian organization, most Christians deem it inherently un-Christian if not anti-Christian. |
==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
Revision as of 11:43, April 4, 2007
The Ku Klux Klan (KKK) is an extreme right-wing social and cultural movement in the United States. It aims at the suppression of African-American, Jewish, Homosexual, and Catholic interests. Violence and intimidation are historically the means used to achieve these ends. . Its active membership is estimated to be less than 10,000 in the United States. While some members of the Klan claim it to be a Christian organization, most Christians deem it inherently un-Christian if not anti-Christian.
Further reading
- John Edgerton, Poverty Palace: How the Southern Poverty Law Center got rich fighting the Klan, The Progressive (July, 1988).
- Best Source of Misplaced Paranoia , New York Sun.
- Nieman Watchdog Project. Nonprofit Organizations. Spring 1999 Conference.
- Raymond A. Schroth, HATE.COM - Morris Dees and HBO documentary receive negative assessment, National Catholic Reporter, Oct 13, 2000.