Stereotypes Of Hate Groups

The Ku Klux Klan is a secret society founded by former Confederates in Pulaski, Tennessee, in 1866. It transformed itself into a terrorist organization during Reconstruction to drive Black and White Republicans from political power in the southern states. The definition of the Ku Klux Klan is located in Chapter 13 on page 272. The Ku Klux Klan will correlate today in America where they currently active in 25 U.S. states. This means that the Ku Klux Klan chapters operate in half of the U.S. states spreading their message of hatred toward Black people. In addition, The Ku Klux Klan has a YouTube show just for kids where they are teaching children to hate early which is tasteless and disgusting to view. During the 2016 presidential

- The most notorious organization was the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan was organized in Pulaski Tennessee, in 1866 to intimidate former slaves who voted and apprehended political offices during Reconstruction. The Ku Klux Klan history came all about with the situation in the South following the harsh Civil War. The Southern States were in distraught and the defeated white people were humiliated and felt like they had to get revenge and gain their power back. The goal of the original Ku Klux Klan was to fight against the Reconstruction policies of the radical Republican Congress and to maintain "white supremacy. The Klan was led by merchants, planters, and Democratic politicians. They considered themselves as the most respectable citizens

There are three distinct historical interpretations of the Klan as an organization. The first historical interpretations argue that the Klan was established as an organization answering to a society in need of help with maintaining social order and law. Historians within this interpretation emphasize the playfulness and theatrical nature of the Klan which is unique to this particular historical perspective. This era of interpretation focuses very little on the violence that the Klan inflicted on Southern society, often completely eliminating its violent accounts from their historical works. The second historical interpretations argue that the Klan was established as a racially motivated political organization. Historians argued that because of the Klan’s origins as a racially motivated organization, the Klan would go on to establish political dominance and control over much of Southern society. The third and final historical interpretation argues that the Ku Klux Klan was established as a result to a struggling plantation system. Within this historical era of interpretation, Michael W. Fitzgerald describes the Klan as a non-violent enforcer that was created to control petty theft and labor riots. The establishment of the Klan as a political organization with race

KKK lasted much longer and had millions of members, partially due to their organization with

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The KKK made their beliefs clear, and imprinted the memories of them by committing acts of hatred on those whom they opposed. Even though the KKK had reemerged in the South in 1915, it wasn’t until after World War I came to a close that the organization gained a national resurgence (Getchell). This version of the Klan was known as “The Second Ku Klux Klan.” The resurgent Klan of the 1920s was a short-lived but potent phenomenon. The second KKK was a mass movement that invoked the memory of and built upon the first KKK, which was a terrorist organization founded by white supremacists in the U.S. South (“The Ku Klux Klan In Washington State, 1920s”) The majority of klan members confined their opposition tactics to parading and burning crosses,

There are four types of hate crime offenders according to McDevitt and colleagues: thrill seeking, defensive, retaliatory, and mission. Thrill-seeking hate crime offenders are inspired by excitement and make up most of the cases in the study, representing 66% of the cases (Burgess, Regehr, & Roberts, 2013, p. 494). These offenders are typically subjugated by teenagers, who generally conduct their crimes when they are looking for fun and have spent time together drinking (Burgess, Regehr, & Roberts, 2013, p. 494). Thrill-seeking hate crime offenders tend to attack minority communities and normally use their hands or feet to go through with the attack (Burgess, Regehr, & Roberts, 2013, p. 494). Next, defensive hate crimes represent 25 % of hate crimes committed and are led by individuals who only see the world as being one way, nonetheless wanting to defend their neighborhood from anyone who would be considered an outsider (Burgess, Regehr, & Roberts, 2013, p.

The Ku Klux Klan, March of Dimes, and Boy Scouts of America all have specific objectives that guide their operation. Even though their respective activities and

The Ku Klux Klan, or KKK, is an extreme example of symbolic boundaries in which members of this organization felt themselves to be superior, motivated by ideas of white supremacy. Extreme organizations such as this used symbolic boundaries to distinguish themselves from all “others”, who they believed as inferior because of their race, ethnicity and religious beliefs. In order to implement their ideals, the KKK used fear tactics to uphold the boundaries between themselves and “others” while also limiting the capabilities of the “others”. Class, ethnicity, age, and gender along with other social determinants, alone or together, help society to categorize people and thus, generate expectations for

Belonging to multiple normative groups increases the amount of privilege that an individual is granted (Black & Stone, 2005). A white person will have privileges such as employment opportunity, education, marriage etc. A white male will have additional privileges of higher pay, more coveted positions, higher education, and more opportunities to own a home. A white Christian would have additional privileges to practice their religion freely with friends who have the same values.

Traditionally the terrorist group was known to use brutal violence to murder as intimidation of the target population in the southern states. This lead to congressional legislation to pass enforcement acts and rigorously laws that have inhibited use of overwhelm force by the ku Klan Klux (Bjelopera, 2012). The members are famously known for their white wardrobe, burning of cross during their protests and rallies. They are majorly extremists who believe in the klanraft practice which incited that other American races are inferior to the Caucasian race.

There are some people in America that think hate crimes against minorities are not a problem. They think hate crimes and racism against white people is the real threat. These groups of people are called White supremacist. White supremacy is the idea that white people are superior to other races and that the white race is facing the danger of extinction. There is five different groups of white supremacist: Neo-Nazis, racist skinheads, “traditional” white supremacist, Christian identity, and white supremacist prison gangs. Of the five, Neo-Nazis, “traditional” white supremacist, and the white supremacist prison gangs are the most known to the media/public. Neo-Nazis considered themselves as a “political organization.” They’re goal is to continue

Like all influential groups the KKK have a specific structure and many symbols identifying them all

The WKKK was an influential group. It was actively involved in a multitude of causes, including education, child welfare, civics, law enforcement, legislation, and Americanism, which is basically an

Christianity is the most prevalent religion in the United States. Many people belong to this religion. However, what happens when you don’t belong to Christianity. One of the most ancient religions that still are very much provident is the Jewish Religion. However, this religion isn’t a respected religion even after the time of Holocaust. Even today Jews continue to be the victims of many hate crimes. Donald Altschiller book, Hate Crimes: a Reference Handbook, states that, “anti-Semitism has had a pernicious history throughout the ages and around the world” (6). Anti-Jewish hatred and violence has always been one of the highest of hate crimes and Altschiller reinforces this by commenting that “the majority of attacks upon individuals or institutions because of their religion—averaging 85 percent have been targeted at Jewish Americans” (16). You would think that after the Holocaust the Jewish people would get some remorse and peace and yet these people are still victims and to make maters worse one of the highest statistics for hate crimes. Jewish religion has suffered so much pain and chaos even after the Holocaust that they need to have some peace because these people endeavor so many assaults. For example, in