Klu Klux Klan Essay

In a time of unrest, people like Bob Jones preyed on people who were struggling and lost. The film, Klansville USA, lays out the history and progression of the Klu Klux Klan in North Carolina, but it also touches on the makings of a KKK member. The typical components of someone who became a member of the KKK are also common in the creation of other radical group’s followers. This concept of someone taking advantage of others and manipulating them to think a certain way, has happened throughout history and has taken many different forms. The formation of the KKK is just one example of the many groups that committed heinous acts out of ignorance. Leaders of groups like these are aware of the power that comes with their position. Knowingly or not, they manipulate people into believing in hatred and violence. The victims fall for the falsehood of it all because they are given a community in which they feel loved, rather than feeling like an outsider as they commonly …show more content…
And wealthier white people looked down on them.” “Jones was offering a chance to be above somebody else, to be better than somebody else. They were people just like he was who’d grown up poor, low skills, low pay, little education, and not much hope of ever bettering themselves. And he convinced them that if they became Klan members and stuck together, that they could better themselves and keep other people from getting in their way.” Just as Bob Jones influenced people to act out of indignation, many other people have done the same such as cult leaders, the leaders of ISIS, and even presidential nominees. Whether they are recruiting members or looking for votes, people will say anything to the weak and control them by bonding them with hate and misfortune. They place the blame on others and entice them with