5. David Duke put a more corporate face on the Klan
You can puzzle at his rantings about Hillary Clinton on Twitter in real time, but US politician David Duke’s real gift to the Klan was turning them corporate.
Straight out of uni, he founded the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan (KKKK), and he and his followers were responsible for such innovations as changing the title Grand Wizard to National Director and swapping the white robes for professional suits. He tried to pivot the organisation’s focus to legal and non-violent means of changing the nation, but quit in 1980 to form the National Association for the Advancement of White People.
6. They hate the Westboro Baptist Church as much as everyone else
You might think two of the world’s best-known hate groups would have a lot in common, but it turns out that the KKK aren’t the biggest fans of people who picket soldiers’ funerals. It makes sense, given the organisation’s military history, but it’s still weird to think of white supremacists and hard-core fundamentalists throwing urine at each other.
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