He said: 'The majority of the people I've come across are no different than somebody living next door. You'd only know they were in the Klan if they decided to share that with you, had a distinguishing emblem on a tee-shirt or a racially-themed tattoo.
'They live normal lives, some with stronger racial overtones than others. There is wealthy and poor, intelligent and unintelligent… just like anywhere else.'
Members of the group, originally formed by Confederate veterans in the aftermath of the American Civil war, have committed numerous racially-motivated murders and assaults over the past century.
They advocate the seperation of the races, claiming interbreeding between ethnicities goes against God's will (religion is a key part of their beliefs).
人種差別主義者が住む、ＫＫＫ村の撮影。
上掲写真は入会式の風景なのだそうだ。
彼らは、異なる人種、民族間が交わることは神の意思に反する、と考えているそうな。
あの白い三角帽で有名だが、普段は普通の人たちで、他の人と区別はできないらしい。
日本に来て、英語教えていたり、ブログでコメント書いたり、記者やっている人もいるかもしれませんね。
