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The KKK: White Supremacy, Xenophobia, Christianity - Coggle Diagram
The KKK: White Supremacy, Xenophobia, Christianity
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Class is a key part of the KKK and misconceptions people have with it. A lot of Americans believe that the KKK is uneducated, working class, white people, but that is a misconception and a cop out—it takes away the idea that white supremacy is at the center of our country.
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They want middle class, protestant, white, preservation
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White Protestantism
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Nostalgia for a white, Protestant, America
A lot of xenophobia and isolationism come from this idea and claim of the KKK (and white supremacists). They believe that America was made for white protestants and that America needs to return to a time when the country was just for this group.
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it tells the story that starts with puritans—this nation was founded by white protestants. White people came to this space and claimed it for themselves, and there is a nostalgia to go back to that
“The colors of the flag offered a nostalgic view of the nation and its citizens. For the Klan, America was great because of the bravery of men, the domesticity of women, and the union of the states.” (Baker)
white supremacist symbols, like the American flag, are a part of the nostalgia as well
From "Artifacts of White Supremacy": "To conquer, or re-conquer, the nation for Protestantism, white supremacy, and “100% Americanism” was a clear aim of the Klan."
KKK said that Protestantism was essential to American culture. You had to be protestant to join, but it was white Protestantism they were talking about
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protestantism was raced by the KKK, in a sense because it referred to whites.
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