Obama Win Fuels Ku Klux Klan Membership

This is a very important message. Thank you for bringing it to our attention, Rhonda.

While interesting, it is a little known fact that the Klan's numbers have dwindled to around 5,000.  As a young man I think it's fun watching all of the old white man's silly ideals pass into obscurity.

Ah yes, I see those White Sheet wearing , cross burning Whackos are still around chanting verbal diarrhea again.,

In my piece, Two Sides of a Coin, which I posted in August 2008, I address that although the majority of news agencies across the nation chose to report that White nationalists/supremacists were welcoming an Obama presidency, with the media reporting that White nationalist/supremacists were hoping for his election to jump start a race war, there were real ominous concerns voiced by the F.B.I.

This link, one of several at the piece mentioned above, voices concerns by the F.B.I. of the recruitment of 'ghost skins' by White nationalist/supremacist groups.

A document outlining this possibility was distributed to law enforcement agencies nationwide in the U.S. in July 2008.

The stated plan for the use of 'ghost skins' was to seek training within the armed forces and return to White nationalist/supremacists to train others of the group in the use and knowledge of weapons, learned during their enlistment.

Those to be recruited as 'ghost skins' were required to be without any possible tatoos that would identify their affinity with White nationalist/supremacist groups.

Yeah, I also thought of Karen's story when I read this... sad but unsurprising.

"Actively recruiting in New Zealand". What, like Saruman*? WTF?!

It would be funny, except that these people are serious, and they're teaching this crap to their kids.

Conversely, kids in school will look at their African-American classmates and draw a direct line to the President, which is surely a good thing: aside from the checkers-game win, it's also a chess move: a (hopefully) long-term gain in race relations, so maybe one day we can finally not have to spend so much time and energy on a subject that should surely be relegated to history.

(*Neither Christopher Lee nor Brad Dourif have any hate-group ties: the video is for humor purposes only. Orcs, on the other hand, hate all humans, and don't really focus on skin color)

To me, nothing is more despicable than racism regardless of who the targets or the bigots are. I have no love for Obama but that has nothing to do with his race. I would be the first to stand in line to strike a very hard blow against anyone who would target him based on his race. I don't like him, but I prefer to see him voted out of office (or have him resign for that matter) and would never wish him or anyone in his family any harm whatsoever.

Of course, I wish he would espouse a similar sentiment when it comes to his embracing partial birth abortion. Talk about harming the innocent. My stand against racism holds true for anyone no matter what color, belief, or sexual orientation. Everyone has a right to live their lives without fear. Imagine that, a republican Christian ready to fight to protect a guy like Obama or anyone else who might face a threat based upon their race or belief? It just can't be true can it?

Another reason that NowPublic and other sites like it are so important. Shine a brilliant light into every dark corner and expose hatred for all to see!

Take a read of this, guys -

Can anybody spell, "C-i-v-i-l W-a-r" ?

Not surprising but the KKK 's a fringe, far out group, less relevant today than the communist party.

Thanks for the report, pretty sad situation!

so disgusting. meanwhile here in america despite them and in the rest of the world progress continues.

Sadly the KKK is still around and their numbers aren't as small as you think.  That said.  I think this is a great story and I do believe that the people who are signing up and continuing to promote hate and violence are doing nothing but showing their ignorance.   They should spend more time trying to make our country a better place instead of teaching hatred of other races.  No race is above any other race.  We are all created equal.

Deepest thanks to everyone who read, commented on, and/or recommended this story. A special thanks to those who added additional source links and video to this story.

As I expressed in a comment on a story I published in August 2008, entitled "Supremacist David Duke: Essay on Obama" -- the Ku Klux Klan is an American owned website, on American soil. In other words, recruiting, spreading hate, racism, and bigotry from America, and with the idea that "foreign" law enforcement authorities would not take the time to track them back to America. Perhaps this time around, they will find themselves wrong!

Super post. As the others say here on the post, I think (hope?) that these people are soon going to find themselves in the 'junkmail' of life......

Neil Young wrote it many years ago. And I for one am glad he's right....

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, there are 888 known active hate groups in the United States, quoting from statistics from 2007. Only 4 states out of the 50 do not have active groups within their borders.

Aside from the election of President Obama, hard economic times always encourage these types to move to the forefront, mainly blaming minorities for their financial troubles.

Rhonda: Thanks for bringing this to the attention of the world. It is important that this news receives major coverage. Unfortunatly, the Mainstream Media does not recognize this threat and I remember people in America saying it could not happen.

Alvarez, thank you very much for recognizing the importance of this story. Your reading, commenting and recommendation are deeply appreciated!

It's not surprising to see that NY has 26 hate groups. 

Just an observation to follow up on Jordan's comment about parents "teaching their children this crap."  It's even more disturbing when some of these children grow up and are attending colleges where they're exposed to a diverse student population - and continue to harbor hate and intolerance learned from their parents. 

Rhonda, you're quite right, and it's sad and alarming that these late teens in colleges who are intolerant of anyone different when they ought to welcome the opportunity to learn from the diversity of a college population in any large urban city across this country.    

Returning to your piece, it's easier for some in the public to dismiss the KKK as fringe, although as Karen Hatter has pointed out, the FBI is treating these elements as dangerous, and rightly so. 

"the Neo-Confederates who believe minorities are destroying the "Anglo-Celtic" (white) culture of the South. "

I'm a Southern sympathiser but I don't believe Minoroties want to destroy white culture.  That's a scare tactic.  Most minorities are more interested in keeping their own identity and simply being themselves.  Race mixing can be defined thus; birds of a feather stick together.

Unfortunately in America that can mean not even socialising and that is simply not intelligent.

what the shit