Thursday, February 10, 2011

The Klansman Who Won't Use the N-Word

     In The Klansman Who Won't Use the N-Word, Ronson focuses on how the KKK is viewed by society and Thom Robb's idea of how it should be viewed.  Thom Robb is the Grand Wizard of the Knights of the KKK and his leadership qualities are much different than his predecessor, so much so, that he lost many klansmen when he was elected Grand Wizard.  Thom preaches to his klansmen everything you would not expect from the KKK.  He suggests not saying the word, "nigger" in public, and not hating black people, rather, just really loving white people.  Thom is working to gain political power to show how the actuall KKK operates but the media is more focused on keeping a negative label on the group. 
    I have always thought of the KKK as a violent group of uneducated white people, but after reading this, I believe this thought has only been fueled by how the media portrays them.  At the same time, I think what Thom is trying to accomplish is impossible because the people in the KKK are only naturally going to be hostile against blacks/foreigners.  The idea sounds nice, but the KKK will never be viewed as a positive group.

-Isaac

No comments:

Post a Comment