What is another word for the KKK?

Pronunciation: [ðə kˌe͡ɪkˌe͡ɪkˈe͡ɪ] (IPA)

The KKK, also known as the Ku Klux Klan, is a white supremacist organization with a long and troubling history in the United States. Many people refer to the KKK as a hate group, as their beliefs and actions center around promoting the superiority of white people and oppressing and discriminating against people of color. Other synonyms for the KKK might include a racist organization, a white nationalist group, or a white extremist group. These terms all highlight the prejudiced and discriminatory attitudes that the KKK promotes, and serve as a reminder of the violence and harm that this group has caused throughout history.

What are the hypernyms for The kkk?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.
  • Other hypernyms:

    hate groups, Extremist Organisations, Neo-Confederate groups, Neo-Nazi groups, Paramilitary Organisations, Racist organisations, White supremacy groups.

Famous quotes with The kkk

  • But when I was doing the KKK I had constant nightmares of being exposed as a Jew and lynched by the Klan.
    Jon Ronson
  • Property has been the central consideration of the United States government, but it has become even more so over time. Between the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, to provide just one obvious, and in some ways, silly, example (silly because all of the terms are seemingly obvious, yet in fact nearly impossible to adequately define) and the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in 1868, the inalienable right with which men [] are self-evidently endowed by their Creator, and which may not be abridged by the State, changed from "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness," to life, liberty, and property. The Fourteenth Amendment, passed during the KKK's maiden reign of terror, ostensibly to protect the rights of blacks from racist state governments, has been used far more often to protect the rights to property: Of the Fourteenth Amendment cases brought before the Supreme Court between 1890 and 1910, only nineteen dealt with the rights of blacks, while two hundred and eighty-eight dealt with the rights of corporations.
    Derrick Jensen
  • Keepe pursed his lips, nodded. “We’re already in a very strong position in this country, of course. We’ve taken over all of the antigovernment militias, most of the religious groups who think of themselves as conservative, plus what’s left of the KKK and the American Nazi party, but they’re only pocket change. We now own the Republican party. Any moderates still hiding in there have been flushed out. We’ve been managing the press for over twenty years now, and the public is accustomed to our view of the world.” Jagger paid attention. “I didn’t realize...” “Oh, yes. People don’t want to absorb new information. They like predictability. So as long as we don’t surprise the public with the truth, we’re free to move as we like. Very shortly we won’t even have to be covert about it. And then, of course, people are sick of issues. Civil rights, human rights, women’s rights—people are tired of all that. You understand?”
    Sheri S. Tepper

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