As soon as Mrs. Garber began to discuss this issue I was automatically engaged in the topic. Instantly, I knew what my blog was going to be out. The Ku Klux Klan is a formed social group of Confederate Army veterans in Pulaski, Tennessee. It is obvious that "white superiority was the philosophy of the Klan". The group would usually use violence and terrorization of Blacks as a "means of exercising this philosophized superiority". Still today the KKK organization lives on. Recently, it is believed that the Ku Klux Klan endorsed Barack Obama because they felt that "anything or anyone is better than Hillary Clinton". Now, doesn't this sound odd if the group abhorred Blacks?
Many would hope that someone who is morally a good person would come along and try to put an end to these horrible actions that were occurring. Well, President Lyndon B. Johnson used the Federal Bureau of Investigation to probe the Ku Klux Klan and sent some Klan members to prison. Following this, Klan member ship fell to about 5,000 by the early 1970s. The action Johnson took did make somewhat a difference but, it didn't change everything. Soon something new would occur.
In June of 1995, Gary Christopher Cox and Timothy Welch (members of the Klan) admitted to burning down the Mount Zion AME Church in Greeleyville and the Macedonia Baptist Church in Bloomville. Both facing a maximum sentence of 55 years in prison. Next, five white teenagers were charged with setting a fire that destroyed a black church on July 6th, 1997. During the investigation it is believed that the teens attended a "White Knight of Alabama" rally held about two weeks before the incident. How could they be so careless to these people? What did they ever do?
They did not do anything wrong. Being a different skin color is not enough to assume these people were bad people. Secrecy is the number one component of the Klans. They do not believe in equality or respect evidently. The number of fires has arisen to more than 70 fires in August 2006. Today, the KKK seem to be a little more "hush hush" with their actions.
In addition, I feel very upset about the cruel events that these individuals displayed. Who are you to say you are "better" than anyone else? Who are you to take the lives of innocent people? Maybe one day soon the KKK group will be banned from having any more revivals and especially doing harm to anyone. All in all, I believe that if you have a problem with anyone then you should keep that to yourself instead of acting out because that shows you have a heart and you can be considerate. Like Martin Luther King stated, "Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time..."
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Wow, nice blog! Once again I enjoyed reading your blog. Your blog included all the necessary components to be a terrific blog: excellent grammar, good transition sentences, good variety of sentences of different lengths, excellent organization and good vocabulary and comprehension level. I agree with you about KKK. Who are they to say that whites are better than other races? Your discussions about how KKK changed and its activities and how it was done in the past, compared to today. I hope that in the future, KKK will be banned. Nice blog!
borah i enjoyed your blog. i agree with every word you said. The KKK should have been banned a long time ago. It's ashame that the KKK still exist in today's society. What right did they have taking the lives of innocent people? Who are they to thnk that there race were better than another?
Borah baby!
Well done! You are an awesome writer, and have such a fantastic way with words. I liked the idea that you chose KKK for your topic. The KKK are very cruel people, who thought they were better than everyone why? I don't know. In reality, they are just dogs, and I can't believe they still exist. I agree, they need to be banned.
Wow, your blog was very well written. It was very informative about the actions of the KKK and how they sort of work. Your right no one should ever consider themselves better then anybody. No matter their ethnicity, race, gender, or sexual orientation. It's horrible that even to this day an organization like the Ku Klux Klan is stll in existance. When we they learn that violence and intemidation should not be used to fight a morally unjust cause. Hopefully the KKK will offically be banned because it's 2008. We believe in equality and green living!
Borah!
wow you blog was wonderful. l like how you talked about the ku klux klan. they was a social group of confederate army. the ku klux klan was white people who hated jesus and some blacks. but overall your blog was wonderful to read.
once again your blog wa really great:)i loved how you explained what the kkk was and what the white poeple thought they did was nesscary by killing innocent blacks and lynching them. I hate it when people think that their races is inferior to others just like whites thought they were powerful more than blacks and just like the nazis they thought they were better then jews. i think that kkk should have been banned once it started like the goverment should haved done something to stop this group from killing iinocent black people who didint do anything
right borah! I loved your blog. Just like you i found thhe KKK very interesting. its horrible how people could feel that much hate to a certain race. just because their skin isnt alike! whats even crazier is that there are KKKs in delaware!
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