...of this domestic terrorism is going to be around for a long time. Looking through history I have found a few domestic groups that weren’t mentioned in part ones essay but I feel should be addressed. Ku Klux Klan can never be ignored as one of the most prominent of all domestic terrorist groups in the United States. Another one is Phineas Priesthood, and lastly a group Americans must focus on is Black Liberation Army. These are the three that I think should really be focused on, for they seem to be mentioned by the F.B.I. in a lot of Domestic Terrorism articles. Ku Klux Klan (KKK), just the name sounds of something bad is about to happen. The Klan has been causing havoc since 1865. Is definitely one of the oldest and most infamous for violence than any other domestic group on American. Most believe that blacks are the main subject of the Klan, but that isn’t necessary true anymore. They tend to focus on attacking Jews, immigrants, gays, and lesbians. Immigrants is their main issue now (Klu klux klan, 2013). The Klan is considered a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Deamination League. The first Klu Klux Klan was established in the Southern States and many members would weir robes , mask, and conical hats. Hats shaped like cones. Most Klans are recognized by burning crosses and associated with opposing against...
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...Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan 1 Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan Excelsior College January 10, 2008 Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan 2 Terrorist Organization the Ku Klux Klan The actions of this group have taught many lessons through out the United States, especially in the deep southern states. We will discuss particular cases that created fear and intimidation to an entire race of people. I feel the KKK from it’s beginning to the present preaches violence and hatred. This is a group that doesn’t believe that another race should have any civil or human rights now in the 21st century and have caused tough race relations within our society. The Klan has even committed murder at times to use as a display of power and control, together at meetings often dressed up in their white robes to be intimidating to others. Blacks have won the struggle for freedom from slavery, but now face a new struggle against racism and terrorism from the KKK. The number of incidents involving the Klan has since tapered off from the late 1960’s, but it still hasn’t vanished. I’ll address the beginning of the KKK along with hate crimes, effect of human relations and examples of violence used from past and present. It will be clear that the KKK organization is a terrorist activity no different from other known terrorist groups today. “Around 1865 in Pulaski,...
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...My name: kristian henriksen Main topic: prejudices My topic: Ku Klux Klan Why did I choose this topic? I chose this topic because I find it very exciting. The Ku Klux Klan is a very interesting group and it has an exciting but also terrifying history. I also chose it because I would like to know more about the group and its members. What is the Ku Klux Klan: The Ku Klux Klan started after the Civil War with a group of white Southerners who were very angry when the war ended. They were angry because the Blacks had won their freedom from slavery and they had lost their slaves. No more slavery meant their lives had changed and they felt threatened. The creation of the Ku Klux Klan: the beginning of the Ku Klux Klan was innocent enough. In December 1865, eight months after the South’s surrender, a group of six young men living in the village of Pulaski near Nashville, Tennessee decided to relieve their boredom by organizing a social club. The name of the group was hard to decide. One man, Richard R. Reed, suggested the word kuklos, meaning circle and cycle. Then Captain John B. Kennedy, who had an ear for alliteration (words starting with the same sound), added the word Clan. After some tinkering the group came up with the name Ku Klux Klan. Their meetings would be secret and devoted to elaborate ceremonies. Members would disguise themselves with a costume made up of a sheet to cover their bodies, fanciful masks to hide their faces and pointed headgear that heightened...
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...After the Civil War ended in 1865, the States tried to rebuild themselves and come back together as a country. One question about Reconstruction still lingers today: Did this period of time help African Americans with having the American Dream? According to my research, Reconstruction (mostly) did not help African Americans, but some laws made during this time would benefit them. African Americans were looked down upon when Jim Crow Laws were enacted and during the forming of the Klu Klux Klan. To begin with, Jim Crow Laws were laws that enforced segregation on African Americans and other people of color. Based on the “Separate but Equal” policy from Plessy vs. Ferguson, there were two different facilities, even water fountains, for each race: Colored and White. African Americans could not go into any white facility. There was no change in how they were treated between the Civil War and Reconstruction; they just were not slaves anymore. These laws were made from loopholes in the Constitution and other laws, basically giving African Americans the same rights that they...
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... encompassed by numerous political and historical entities that are profound to these religions. The people develop an strong emotional connection between these individuals and their beliefs. Once a person is emotionally involved in an idealism it can result in a positive outcome and promote exceptional social behavior or elicit negative actions. Religion can acquire a negative impact on society, an examples of this is war and hate crimes (Ganly, 2007).The Klu Klux Klan is a example of beliefs eliciting negative behavior. This radical group classified themselves as Christian group and states that their doctrine derives from their interpretation of the bible (Anti-Defamation, 2011). Their theology is strongly influenced by Christian Reconstructionism which is a movement that conveys to Christians to put their beliefs into action in all areas of life, within the private sphere of life, as well as political and public sphere also. (Anti-Defamation, 2011) states the Klu Klux Klan ideology of these White Christians is to persevere traditional Christian values and advance their religion (Anti-Defamation, 2011)....
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...An old Cherokee told his grandson: “ My son, there's a battle between two wolves inside us all. One is evil. It’s anger jealousy, greed, resentment, inferiority,lies and ego. The other is good. It's joy, peace, love, hope, humility, kindness, and truth.” The boy thought about it, and asked“ Grandfather, when wolf wins?” The old man quietly replied “ The one you feed.” People choose to be evil. In recent and past events like the Ku Klux Klan, Salem Witch Trials, and the Trump wall people chose evil. The first event in history the proves that mankind is evil is the Ku Klux Klan. The Ku Klux Klan also known as the KKK were a resistance against the government who were trying to get blacks to be treated like equals. The first klan was founded in 1866 in Pulaski, Tennessee. The first klan was mainly against the black leaders who were immigrants. They wanted to bring back the white supremacy and white nationalism back to the...
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...Stratification Media Analysis Adriane Benjamin SOC/100 Becky Russell Stratification Media Analysis A Time to kill is a film about an African American family living in a small town in Mississippi, where the daughter of an African American couple was raped by a white male that was an affiliated with the Klu Klux Klan. The father of the little girl ended up having to stand trial because he killed one of the men that were involved in his daughter’s rape. He had a long-time friend by the name of Jake Brigance, who were a white male. The main idea circled around whether a black man should ever be allowed to kill a white man, under any circumstances. The issue is not murder but discrimination, and it is compound by the fact that America is a primarily a white country. The issue through this all was racism and being in the south in 1984, where whites still treated the blacks poorly. “This was Mississippi, where for years whites shot blacks for any reason or no reason and no one cared; where whites raped blacks and it was considered sport; where blacks were hanged for fighting back.” ― John Grisham, A Time to Kill Set in the deep south of the back fields of northern Mississippi in the 1980’s, the setting was perfect for there to be battle between the blacks and the white, as it has been brewing since before the civil rights days. Placing the story in this time and place is the most natural discovery of buried hatchets and the most subtle revelations of festering wounds and double...
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...for decades and even the identity of this country today. The many different origins of the men, women and children created a lot of societal challenges and cultural tension. Most that came into the US were Germans, Britain’s, Jews, Chinese and Italians. This courageous move for many paid off in many ways, but mostly through financial means when compared to the countries in which they left. But as in all good things that transpire through freedom and opportunity, so does evil, greed and prejudice. The mafia was born out of the poor Italian ghettos. It spread across vast cities and eventually across states. It got a lot of its momentum and growth because of prohibition. In addition to the mafia networks of crime and evil, the Klu Klux Klan continued to drive it’s hatred of African Americans promoting racism and anger and was able...
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...Name means a language unit by which a person or thing is know. A person’s name is the greatest connection to their own identity and personality. So it is very important to call a person by their name because people like to feel important and no one wants to let other people call them by a wrong name. It is very significant to that person. In the book we can see that calling someone it’s important by Marguerite. Mrs.Cullinan call her “Mary” and she doesn’t like to be called like that and it make her very uncomfortable. But Bailey called Marguerite by “Maya” and she is does happy with this name because it was give by her brother Bailey. There is also the same case in this book that Hallelujah called by Glory, she doesn’t like it so much, but...
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...Creation of the Klu Klux Klan (KKK) in 1866, spread throughout the southern states, the KKK a white supremacy group who not only terrorized blacks, but also white Republicans were to blame for some of the most heinous acts in United States history. The destruction from the war left much of the southern farms and farm equipment destroyed, without the ability to cultivate crops, several southerners remained poor, and with the new found freedom of the slaves, white plantation owners found it difficult to work the fields. The economic revival was a slow, painful process, and by 1870 property in the South was worth thirty percent less than before the...
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...white people well that is sad but now we do because of Martin Luther King a very powerful man and i’m glad he did protest or we would still be under control by white people we still wouldn’t go to the same school we still wouldn’t drink out of the same water fountain so i thank Martin Luther King for all he has done.He was assassinated in 1968.The man who assassinated Martin was James Earl Ray he killed him because of the color of his skin because he protested for what was right you know that’s really stupid of him to kill someone of the color of there’s skin he wouldn’t want nobody to shoot him because of the color of his skin we are all equal there’s nothing different.Even though back when Martin protest there was a group called kkk (klu klux klan) they only killed black people it was...
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...The reconstruction era was a time of change, and growth for all parts of the country. Following the civil war, the US was in need of healing, and major social as well as constitutional improvements. In the time period from 1860 to 1877, social and legal developments contributed to sustaining continuity as well as promoting change within the US. These changes and continuities were vital to the continuation of our country and would shape the US for decades to come. State’s rights and the different opinions of the nation on this topic caused most of the tension during this time. The north believed a union of the country, abolition of slavery, and had a more industrial economy. Meanwhile, the south believed in slavery, had an agricultural based...
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...horrifying symptoms of this condition are thoughts of suicide, closing social ties, grumpiness, and the actual committing of suicide. The racism part of prejudice is just one example of the many extreme prejudices that exist in our world. People should think twice before acting out prejudice, they could cost someone their life. That is not easy to live with. Changes in behavior is another huge way that prejudice affects people. Some examples are the victim becoming more hostile, less social, and slacking off at school or work. Of course anyone having prejudiced comments thrown at them would be hostile, it's only natural. Prejudice changing the behavior in people in communities can be dangerous. During the Civil Rights Movement, the KKK, or Klu Klux Klan, was beating and even killing anyone that was African American, or that supported African Americans. This caused African Americans to protest and led to a whole time period of violence. Prejudice really can change people's behaviors drastically. Uselessness is another side-effect of prejudice. Sometimes a person that is younger than someone is deemed stupid because of the fact that he/she is young. If these people were put on the same team, such as a team of doctors, they would fail. The young doctor would feel useless on the team. If the older doctor kept shutting up the younger doctor it would also be dangerous because the younger doctor would be discouraged to bring up anything to the table. The feeling of useless could also...
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...Racism “The dynamic and integrating power constitutes the principal frame of reference for all individual and collective experiences-has been preserved in recognizable form among the North American Diasporas.”[1] Racism still plagues the veins of America today. Whether it is positive or negative racism is to be decided. There are examples of positive racism such as: Affirmative action and following a role model of the same race. Traces of negative racism still exist within groups such as the KKK for example. Our group has mostly examined racism against African and African Americans. We believe the term “African”, in it self, is racist. Do you see anyone calling a white American, a European American? The answer is no. Why can’t we call the group labeled African Americans, Americans? When our group goes to a TCU football game, we cheer for the team as a whole. At TCU a black football player is called a football player. A white football player is also called a football player. If a sport as simple as football can get past discrimination of white and black, how come America cannot? People like Johnny Lee Clary, Martin Luther King, and Nelson Mandela are great examples of attempts to over come black racism. Peter J. Paris makes many great points in his book Virtues and Values: the African and African American Experience. Paris uses leaders such as Nelson Mandela and Martin Luther King Jr. to empahsis that troughout the hard times, African virtues and values stood strong...
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...Few people remember the 1920s as the heyday for the Klu Klux Klan but it was. During this time the KKK claimed to be a an advocate for ‘"old-fashioned values," but their idea of protecting their way of life was to destroy others (Source G). Of course the KKK continued its assault on the black community, but it also devoted new attention to the immigrants that came to the cities. The tension between immigrants and the xenophobic traditionalist wasp Americans, was very prominent in the 1920s (Source L).During the previous half century, the United States had undergone possibly the most dramatic metamorphosis in it’s short history.. It had transformed itself from a fragmented, regional agrarian economy into one of the most powerful industrial and urban economies of the world (Document D) and this work force was comprised of a large amount of immigrants. Everyone heard fairy tales of the opportunities...
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