Racism Analysis

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for its violence,
has a relatively innocent beginning. It was formed from some
veterans from the confederate army and was first called the
Kuklos Clan which, in Greek, meant Circle Clan.
One person thought it would be a good idea to call it the "Ku
Klux Klan" as a parody of the fraternity names which always had
three Greek alphabet letters in it. They created the Clan to be
mischievous and to do it without anyone knowing who they were
which accounts for their costumes and masks. They, like most
whites, were upset that the black people were free because black
people were a constant reminder of the bitter defeat of the
South. So to have fun they terrorized black people. Eventually
the group grew, fluctuating, but grew to become the first white
supremacy group in America and with that growth, their hatred
grew as well into what was seen in the early and middle 1900's
and what is seen today.
Along with the KKK, other anti-black, pro-white groups formed
and stemmed ...

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