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KU KLUX KLAN

KU KLUX KLAN. By: Nick Swenson and Greg Hennessey. Technology. Pamphlets and other various prints Television appearances Radio guests klukluxklan.bz/ kkk.com www.kkkk.net. Symbols. Full white gown with pointed headwear Klan ’ s formal symbol Burning crosses Confederate flag.

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KU KLUX KLAN

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  1. KU KLUX KLAN By: Nick Swenson and Greg Hennessey

  2. Technology • Pamphlets and other various prints • Television appearances • Radio guests • klukluxklan.bz/ • kkk.com • www.kkkk.net

  3. Symbols • Full white gown with pointed headwear • Klan’s formal symbol • Burning crosses • Confederate flag

  4. Language • Countries Include U.S., Canada, United Kingdom, and Austraila • Vocab Includes: • Klabee: treasurers • Klavern: local organization • Imperial Kleagle: recruiter • Klecktoken: initiation fee • Kligrapp: secretary • Klonvocation: gathering • Kloran: ritual book • Kloreroe: delegate Imperial • Kludd: chaplain

  5. Values • The KKK claim, “They are not racist, but rather they are racialist” • Strongly believe in a Christian Nation • Cut off trade and all foreign aid • Views on abortion and homosexuality reflect those of the Bible • Feels that whites are discriminated against • “The Imperial Klans of America Knights of the Ku Klux Klan are a legal and law abiding organization that will NOT tolerate illegal acts of any sort.”

  6. Norms • Jim Crow Laws • No unlawful acts of any kind • Christianity • White • Media

  7. Marriage Divorce Death

  8. Application

  9. Ranks/Status Sleepers Klansmen/Klanswomen Page Squire Knight Grand Imperial Wizard

  10. Culture Shock • Core Values • Ethnocentric behavior • Legal Organization • Sign up is by application Culture Shock Risk

  11. Culture Effect on KKK • Ethnocentrism within the Ku Klux Klan

  12. MLA Web Robb. “The Knights Party.” KKK (The Knights Party: America’s White Future Begins Here, KKK The Knights Party. 23 February 2012. Web. 24 February 2012. ADL. “About the Ku Klux Klan.” Anti-Defamation League. Anti-Defamation League, 2012. Web. 26 February 2012. Network K. “The Modern KKK.” Social PC. Social PC. Web. 24 February 2012. Print Gale. Extremist Groups: Information For Students: Volume 1. United States. Thomson Corporation, 2006. Print. Wade. The Ku Klux Klan in America: The Fiery Cross. United States. Oxford University Press, 1998. Print. Chalmers. Hooded Americanism: The History of the Ku Klux Klan. United States. Duke University Press Books. 1987. Print.

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