The KKK started up in post Civil War Tennessee (and eventually spread) not due ONLY to racism but due to the fact that Officers and Political Leaders of the Confederacy were excluded in participating in government after the end of the Civil War. People from the north were sent down to the south to run the government during Reconstruction during this time, very quick changes were made in regards to politics and everyday life and the former Confederates didn't take well to it. The Republicans (yes Republicans) helped the former slaves get into office and make strides to become true citizens of the US and kept the Democrats (yes Democrats) out of office.

SINCE RECONSTRUCTION THE KU KLUX KLAN HAS CHANGED DRASTICALLY FROM A SECRET POLITICALORGANIZATION TO A HATE GROUP

I do not agree with what they did and not EVERY white protestant southerner is in the Klan not half, not a third, most likely not 1/10th of white protestant males are in or have any affiliation with the Klan. And therefore your statement is offensive to me a white protestant southern male....also you mention things that happened in the time just after the Civil War up to oh 1960 or so when other BIGGER race riots have occured since then and OUTSIDE the Southern United States.

I don't agree with anything the Klan has ever done and I don't relate to them as a southerner either.


I think the main reason you are a bigot of Southern White people is because you're able to put racists in a group...."The Klan".....there are more racists in this country than there are Klan members but just because some racists gather together in groups doesn't make them any worse than any other racists it just makes them easier to lump them together.


You calling people in the Southern United States AND I QUOTE "The most racist people in the world" is a fucking JOKE! I don't care if you're black or hispanic, or indian or whatever the hell you are you forget of a few incidences since the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement....not to belittle those causes and those battles and those who fought on the right side but here's a couple that may resound a bit more in historical terms

Rwanda
Bosnia
Sudan(Darfur)
The Holocaust
Aparthide in South Africa

let me give you some reparations since I as a southern white male obviously benefiting of slavery have so wronged all races...no just black people, my bad....you'll have to wait your turn hispanics, I'm sure you're next on the list.

Racism exists in ALL societies (not just Whites against Blacks in the Southern States) and it's not just against black people....that is the most SELFISH and ARROGANT stance anyone could possibly have.