Racial issues have been at the forefront of my mind, for reasons that deserve another blog-post. I've been watching a documentary about the KKK and it sure has been interesting. Note, I've marked the location to indicate how far removed my mind should be from these fears, but they prevail. It's a new phenomenon, but like I said, next blog :)
From the doc I watched, the things that struck me (quotes and concepts):
White Supremacy Rally attendee: "My parents didn't teach me to hate, it just something I learnt, and it stuck with me. I hate anyone that isn't of the pure white race. I hate all spics, niggers and jews" [*speechless* I don't know why, but statements like that always leave me completely bewildered. I can't quite fathom a baseless, faultless, blanket sentiment of pure hatred based on physical characteristics. Unless you're talking about bald people. I mean, EW.]
Imperial Knight's of America (IKA) member (Re: an innocent African-American man getting beat up by KKK members) "Would I do that? No. If I was there, would I have stopped them? Probably not. Do I feel for the guy who got beat up? No, I don't. I feel for the white girl who got raped and beat, that's who I feel for. It's not about being white... if a white guy got eaten up by a tiger in Africa, would I care? No. Our children, that's who I feel for." [ummm WTF?]
Is this ish still around?
- Yes, it is but the numbers have dwindled substantially since their heydays in the '20s. [Yes, that we knew]
- Smaller racist groups are more difficult to deal with, because they're harder to infiltrate and expose. [Mind. Blown. Had never thought about it like that.]
Caucasian woman (Re: Neo-Nazi White Supremacy Rally in her town) "They can hate if they want, that's their problem, but not here. Don't bring your despicable acts and deplorable conduct into my home, into my backyard, I'm not alright with that. I don't have a problem with free speech, but I don't want that sort of hate in my hometown, they need to get out of here." [Now that's what I call Real White Power.]
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