The KKK-Reasearch Essay

The KKK

The Ku Klux Klan first emerged following the Civil War as America’s first true terrorist group. Since it’s beginning, the Ku Klux Klan has seen several cycles of growth and collapse, and in some of these cycles the Klan has been more extreme than in others. In all of its incarnations, however, the Klan has maintained its dual heritage of hate and violence.  
 
At first, the Ku Klux Klan focused its anger and violence on African-Americans, on white Americans who stood up for them, and against the federal government, which supported their rights. Eventually as times changed, they added more categories to its enemies list, including Jews, Catholics (less so after the 1970s), homosexuals, and different groups of immigrants.  
 
In most of these cases, these enemies were minority groups that came into direct economic competition with the lower- and working-class whites that formed the core of the Klan.

  
In addition, in the early 2000s, many communities in the United States began to experience a significant increase in immigrants, especially Hispanics, for the first time in their histories. A single-issue movement opposing immigration has helped create fear and anxiety about immigration in the minds of many Americans.  
 
Many Ku Klux Klan groups have attempted to take advantage of that fear and uncertainty, using anti-immigration sentiments for recruitment and propaganda purposes, and to attract publicity.

More than 40 different Klan groups exist, many having multiple chapters, or “klaverns,” including a few that boast a presence in a large number of states. There are over a hundred different Klan chapters around the country, with a combined strength of members and associates that may total around 5,000.

I believe that this is wrong.  It isn’t right to discriminate people because of race.  Everyone should be treated equal and feel welcomed here in the states.