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From LIFE.com:

The Department of Homeland Security recently issued a chilling report: Americans, it said, can expect an upsurge in “rightwing extremism” from White nationalists, militias, and groups like the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan, of course, has had a hand in some of the nation’s most infamous acts of racial terror and murder. But what does the KKK look like today? Photographer Anthony Karen has documented the modern-day Klan in their homes, at rallies, and at Klan gatherings, taking us deep inside a world we would otherwise never see — a world most of us might not even want to know about. The unnerving photos featured here, exclusively on LIFE.com, are from his new book, “The Invisible Empire: Ku Klux Klan.” “The majority of people I’ve come across,” Karen told LIFE, “you’d only know they were in the Klan if they decided to share that.”

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Still_No_Drama/ Still_No_Drama

    Its time to wake up people!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dominicanbabe90/ dominicanbabe90

    its terrifying to see this pictures. its so sad

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blkman6ft6_inla/ blkman6ft6_inla

    these fools aint nothing but white trash they have already lost the battle you have a black president and other people of colors running things the war is lost for them.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/M0M0_S0_PURDI/ M0M0_S0_PURDI

    I’m not even upset about this kind of stuff anymore. I’m just to the point where I’m hurt. I understand that these poor people are just doing and being what they more than likely grew up to be. But it’s time out for all this madness. How could they be racist when there are so many Black, Mexican Arabic, etc people in the military fighting for them to have the freedom partake in this foolishness. I feel like if the kkk is not a peace group it should be banned. because what they are doin IS TERRORISM. yes there are still black panther meetings but I’ve been to them and they are more a celebration of black culture and the progress we’ve made and how we can make more progress….white people are part of the black panthers too…. NOBODY can be apart of the kkk except whites…. I say someone buy them their own little country or island for them to have all the white only crap they want. and let THEM build and operate everything from scratch.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ARE_JAEY/ ARE_JAEY

    that black girl was about to get in that klansman @ss..and does this mu fugka got on special edition nazi timbs???wtf!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/psalms0/ psalms0

    To the KKK come around my way so we can unvail you…DEVILs…they are n high places with hidden faces…They wont let you march n our town..cause it would be target pratice for the HOOD….and the buck will stop here…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/pinktwizler/ pinktwizler

    The Black Panthers need to get busy, we need to be on every corner that has a liquor store. Take back our young make them understand.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/panamaniak/ panamaniak

    please. these “people” are KKKowards. It ALWAYS amazes me that these White Power type always seem to be where Blacks and other minorities are the “minority”. They operate in places like Oregon,Washington,Idaho,etc. If they were REALLY about their RaHoWa (racial holy war)then why don’t they suit up and take a field trip. Maybe to East LA,Chicago,Detroit,Philly,DC,or my jumpoff NYC!? I remember a few years ago they wanted to march in Manhattan. They were allowed, but Rudy G said they couldn’t wear their hoods. Regardless less than a handful showed up.Lol!! NYC is the big leagues, we play for keeps! Lol!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/new_year_new_things/ new_year_new_things

    that doesn’t even bother me anymore.. they want to live in back woods and swamps and make the all the noise they want, fine.. and you really can’t blame them. like momo_so_purdi said.. they were tought this since the moment they came into this world. how do you break that cycle??? to me is just f**k em.. let them do them.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/WIFEYSTATUS3/ WIFEYSTATUS3

    for me this doesnt even surprise me there has always been racism and it will never die as long as ignorant ppl keep brainwashing the children,and family and it doesnt matter if they are near living black ppl there are still ppl around unda cover being racist.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/X-TORTION/ X-TORTION

    Hot…Backwoods…MESS!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shyest_chick/ shyest_chick

    How can anyone say this doeasn’t matter!!! They’re not just in backwoods and swamps, these are the people who run our nation!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/_A_/ _A_

    Shyest_Chick, you are quite correct, but what Life magazine and others set out to do, is show us the very extreme and fringe members of these groups who have no influence or real power…what they don’t do is show you the KKK members who are wearing Brooks Brothers suits everyday, making policies, working in the financial, manufacturing sectors and media sectors of society, with their big smiles and big promises, fooling Black people into thinking they are working hard at building an inclusive society, while privately, working over time to maintain White Supremacy globally!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/babytonnie/ babytonnie

    Is anybody as worried about the little kids in the photos as I am?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/RAW_The_Rebirth/ RAW_The_Rebirth

    Their main power came from fear and as that picture showed with the Sista all in dude grill shows, WE AREN’T SCARED OF THESE CLOWNS!!! Pres. Obama needs to declare these dudes domestic terrorists and create a secret army to get at ‘em. I’d be first in line to apply. People wouldn’t be so quick to be racist if they knew they’d get popped like the “insurgents” in Iraq…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/qtpy26/ qtpy26

    I just don’t get it.If they are so serious about what they represent why are they always hiding behind their robes? I think that they are afraid of Black America and wouldn’t step out from under those sheets and let it be known who they are in any black neighborhoods.Here is what’s up they brought us here, felt we were so stupid that we couldn’t and wouldn’t grow and we did and they don’t know what to to about it.And now that there is an African-American president they are about to start this mess all over again.As for these non-members with all of these racist remarks especially the one about Obama’a daughter being unchaste, wasn’t Palin’s teenage daughter pregnant during the election? I am not knocking her but just for the record it happens in every race, everywhere.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DMY19151/ DMY19151

    F**K THEM N****RS…..LOL..KKK ARE CLOWNS….THEY HATE THEMSELVES…YOU HAVE TO HATE YOURSELF FIRST TO HATE OTHER PEOPLE…THE SAME WAY WITH LOVE…YOU HAVE TO LOVE YOURSELF FIRST, BEFORE YOU CAN LOVE OTHERS…GET IT?…MESSAGE!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shayinbmore/ shayinbmore

    RIDICULOUS!!!!!
    DAMN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Teneer/ Teneer

    Hey look at chucky and his bride, she probably gave him that shinner. And for homeboy and his boyfriend tell him to get@ me he looks like he can eat some good Pu$%^:)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Teneer/ Teneer

    O.k. let be serious we should feel sorry for these people.They grew up in the swamps they had to survive off the land look at the pictures both the men live in that one tent(and im sure its crowded) and the odd couple had to get married in a bayou(You would be mad to). Lets face it they are just not mad with black people they are mad with society they dont have anywhere to live they probably never even heard of a housing authority before.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/soultherapy/ soultherapy

    Wow! These are young people. So this just goes to show that their parents teach hate generation to generation. This is sick.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/The_Bossy_Bytch_23/ The_Bossy_Bytch_23

    This Is Just Pure Stupid … That S**t is dumb as hell..I Really Don’t Understand People.. Why Would U Want To Teach Your Children To Hate.. That Go’s to show you how parents are bringing up there children.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MRPLEASURE706/ MRPLEASURE706

    THESE DUDES LOOK SO FUNNY I MEAN LOOK AT THEM,THEY ARE SO ASHAME OF THERE LMAO-PRIDE THEY GOTTA COVER THERE FACES UP,BUT THEY ARE A BUNCH OF TRAILOR PARK TRASH,PROBABLY DONT HAVE NO RUNNING WATER IN THERE TRAILOR,SO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS~THEY DONT WAS THERE A$$.FILTY RATS

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/313rdAssassin/ 313rdAssassin

    Okay,I’m real confused here. I was watching a doc**entary on the history the sheet wearing hill billies. Apprently, there was some rally they wanted to put on but with certain restrictions and it blew my mind of who they didn’t want at their rally: SKIN HEADS!!

    Reason being is bc Skin Heads mostly represent Hitler, Hitler being German, i.e not White American, KKK don’t care for the Skin Heads much, regardless if they hate the same thing.

    But now I see this guy with the Swastika on his back, I wonder, are the two groups back to being hate lovers again or what?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/scarletvixenj/ scarletvixenj

    I feel so bad for those children. Hate is taught and they only know what their parents teach them. My son is in kindergarten and we have already had an incident w/ another kindergarten child telling him that his skin is ugly because its brown. SMH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/LOUISIANAMAN-51/ LOUISIANAMAN-51

    OK,WHEN IT COMES TO YHE ORGIN OF THESE HATE GROUPS AND THE AREAS THEY COVER,THEY ARE IN YOUR BACK YARDS,IN THE WORKFORCE,CHURCH GOERS,POLICE,POLITICANS,AND IN MANY OTHER FACETS OF OUR COMMUNITIES.HATRED IS PRESENT ALL AROUND US.SO,I SAY BE ON THE WATCH.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/187mafia_boi/ 187mafia_boi

    i’ll beat they punk azz… fuxx them racist scary azz trickz….

    -http://www.HipHopAvenue.net

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bignjuci/ bignjuci

    OK…I know this is going to get some feathers ruffled..before I go any further let me say that my boyfriend is black and both of my children are bi-racial..But what is the difference..when I go out to a club and the sista’s and brotha’s looking all up side my head..asking why he with the white girl..Or living in Mississippi with my boyfriend when his sisters stated that had I not came to Mississippi their brother would be with a nice girl his own color..I think racism is a TWO WAY STREET..but no matter how you slice it..it’s all jacked up no matter which side it comes from…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzpast/ jazzpast

    BP love to post hatred. Hoestly, i dont care about these groups. Shoot some of our kids cant even go out of the house without fear from our own people, and im going trip over white boys that doesnt live in my neighborhood. How about post some solutions or suggestions to what you should do if you encounter racist groups or individuals??? fear and hate mongering BP.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/beautyoftruth/ beautyoftruth

    this is nothing new. All we can do is pray for them, because they are acting out ignorance and spreading it to the generations to come. We all need to do better, because there is reverse racism. I should know.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/wincie/ wincie

    when I clicked on this post I thought I was going to read something new and something diff I didn’t know but by judging by the first pic this is nothing new and I refuse to entertain this post by looking at more pics.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/AngryCornflakes/ AngryCornflakes

    Alot of you are missing a huge point these people still have deep seated hatred. And the scary thing is that they dont like me but have never met me. Hate like that can not be just dismissed cuz with enough drive we can see a “Higher Learning” real life movie take place easily at black schools black churches or any black events but yet the Black Panther movement is seen as some what of a gang or street thugs and these people are an ORGANIZED institution …that work INSTITUTION sounds so legal and straight forward, and the article goes on to mention that most of the people he met you wouldnt even know they’re with the KKK. So that means someone you work with talk to or even consider a close friend may be the one that is part of the KKK. Tattoos and swastikas dont define hate. My grandma told me once people like that should be pitied because they really dont know any better if somehow you can be one of them and ask them”so why we hate black people again??” none of them could get you a “legitimate answer.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CamuiMS/ CamuiMS

    those poor children. social services should be able to take those kids away from their parents. i use the term ‘parents’ very loosely.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dacrush012/ dacrush012

    I don’t pray for RACIST… I have one wish for them-Let them spend a weekend in my neighborhood in AFRICA… WE don’t talk alot, we act !…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DSD_WriteorWrong/ DSD_WriteorWrong

    eh, the klan, they only hate latinos now. other than that they pretty much suck, they are like the detroit lions.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Show_Way_09/ Show_Way_09

    Are they consider Terriost? Made that’s why you don’t hear much because they don’t want to be label Terriost! KKK was most dangerous around the time off affirmitive action was created because reverse racism was created, and sprung this group in masses! I think Klan members are getting more business ssvy! No point in walking around in with a shotgun in a pick up looking for people to hate! Hate doesn’t die, but minimizing it is a better solution to bad for Black Panther most where jail for long prison term without parole because there power grew during the civil right era! They must be sucking like seeing that Black President LOL! We just got to learn not to give them much attention!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CarsonP/ CarsonP

    you know whats real sad, alot of these people claim to be christians but they pick and chose what they want to believe when it says anything about god lovin all people, plus its one thing for an adult to hate but to teach your kid ot hate, is truly sad cause if you put black and white babies in a crib they dont segregate themselves

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Jeffrey1975/ Jeffrey1975

    Racisim will never die. Black, white, brown, whatever. Religion, rich, poor, and more. As a whole, we must not turn a blind eye to this organization. If history serves us well, Germany did this in the 20′s and 30′s, look at the outcome. Caucasians are still the vast majority in this country. Many are not racisists and many will never have anything to do with factions such as the KKK. Or do they? Hard times, no jobs, hungry? What will a person due during very trying times. Our government actually promotes such groups like this. Example: Prisons and jails are a breeding ground for promotion of hate. I know a few people that have been incarcerated and have heard the stories of the rasicist groups.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/persuasive_lyric/ persuasive_lyric

    They are old news, today’s racist are of a higher standard. Anyone that can not afford the way they live is useless and at any giving time will be disposed of. Hurricane Katrina victims are a perfect example of what they are capable of doing, or not doing should I say. So these backwoods, ignorant, burning cross totting, drunken off their on intelligence are obsolete. They even blame and hate the government more than we do.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DatLilMami215/ DatLilMami215

    Unfortunately this is still a very real problem, but these dudes are just some damn cowards. If you have such strong convictions about anything you should be able to show your face. In my opinion people belonging to any organization as such are just some sadly degenerate, ignorant cross burning pieces of isht. People like that have a tendency to blame others for their misfortune. maybe if they invested their time more wisely than breeding hatred they wold be doing better. Hate in any shape or form is not productive it will hinder any type of progress. I do believe that any racial hate groups should be categorized as a terrorist organization and should be treated as such by the government. its just sad to see the lack of progress…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kountry_Mayne/ Kountry_Mayne

    Why are so many people so f**king stupid? we are all human and all face the same problems so why fight white against black or yellow against purple. These people are obviously sheltered and obliviously ignorant

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/lsmith1981/ lsmith1981

    Oh Well..So Let it Be, My Time will Come and they Will See!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/trustworthy17/ trustworthy17

    Simply go to http://WWW.KKK.COM
    There you can keep up on current events and agendas.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Big--Blu/ Big–Blu

    F**K THEM THEY AINT NOBODY…..THEY ALL HAVE A MENTAL DISEASE ….LO SELF ESTEEM AND ANGER PROBLEMS ..KILL YO SELF

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/prvtii/ prvtii

    This is something that gets me every time. Why are people racist? Are they jealous? Scared? What is it? This is something that makes me as a white man feel terrible. Why so much hate? Racism is a taught behavior. Why do we teach hate? Why do people black, white, latino, native american, et al still say n****r or cracker or spic or towel head or any other thing that is so hateful? The song by the late and great Michael Jackson rings so true: Man In The Mirror. We have to change ourselves before we can change the world. Peace and love to all the members of BP.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MelvinBennett1/ MelvinBennett1

    BULLS**T

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mizenchanting/ mizenchanting

    The saddest pictures of all are the children that are being taught this behavior. THey don’t know that they are being taught hatred. They are just following mommy and daddy. When does it end?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MelvinBennett1/ MelvinBennett1

    THAT WHY THE WORLD SO F**K UP BECAUSE S**T LIKE THIS.LEAVE THAT S**T IN THE PASS.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/bigpoppa1621/ bigpoppa1621

    s**t f**k damn b***h

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/samsthewon/ samsthewon

    Racial tension’s are at a all time high.I feel that eventually,we’ll have our own war in America to deal with.That’ll be a full blown “Race-War”…They’ve got to be miserable,the world is changing around them…and they can’t do nothing about it!…President OBAMA,pushed them over the edge.This isn’t slavery time anymore.What do they expect us to just sit back and take their crap!…The right to bear arm’s is a good thing!Interracial couples and babies,their kid’s are rebelling against them!…It’s to late.You …”Imbred Mother(F’er’s)”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/taken_4_now1/ taken_4_now1

    WHY THE F**K IS THINS S**T EVEN ON THE NET WHO GIVES A F**K WHAT THEY THINK? BY PEOPLE PUTTIN THIS S**T ON THE NET MAKES THEM THINK ITS ALRIGHT. SHOULDNT PAY THEM ANY MIND LIKE THEY NOT EVEN LIVE IN THE SAME WORLD WE LIVE IN. I DONT EVEN WANT TO THEM THEY R DUMB. BUT THEY CANT HELP THE WAY THEY R PUT THE BLAME ON THE ONES WHO CAME BEFORE THEM THATS WHERE THEY GOT IT FROM BUT ITS A NEW DAY AND THE NIGGAS AINT GOIN NO WHERE SO JUST PUT THAT S**T UP YALL CANT STOP US WE R TO STRONG YALL TRIED TO KILL IN SLAVERY BUT WE MADE AND U THINK WE CANT LIVE BECAUSE YALL GOT SHEETS OVER YALL FACE AND YELL OUT AND TALK S**T? SHOW TO FACE BE PROUD OF WHAT U BELIEVE IN DONT TRY TO HIDE THAT S**T DO U SEE US HIDDIN NAW CAUSE WE PROUD OF OUR RACE AND EVERYTHING THAT COME WITH IT. SO JUST PUT THE S**T UP. I WOULD BRING THEM KIDS UP LIKE THAT TO HATE BECAUSE THEIR WILL BE HELL TO PAY FOR U. TAKE MY WORDS AND EAT EM.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KandyYams/ KandyYams

    This hurts my heart and soul beyond words!!! How can people ( black white asian hispanic, etc.) hate another person just because of the shade of skin? Its pure hate and ignorance! I have to believe that one day this world will improve even more in the next few years as it has in the past!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_Special_One/ Da_Special_One

    F**K THE KKK THEY AINT S**T AND AINT NEVER GOING TO BE S**T!!!

  • http://newsone.com/entertainment/sports-entertainment/kkk-to-hold-rally-before-ole-miss-game/ KKK To Hold Rally Before Ole Miss Game | News One

    [...] GALLERY: Inside Today’s KKK [...]

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kennyd4/ kennyd4

    if black folks would’ve done yrs ago what we should’ve done we would’nt have to look at these fools and complain about who or what the klan is (americas military wing to keep ur black azzes in place)lets not forget where they get their training at thats in the armed forces!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dez2171/ dez2171

    The only thing I have to say is that now is the the time for all of us to stick together. These white supremacy groups dont have to do anything,we’re killing our own. Its really sad that this is going on. We as a people need to take a page out of the Asians and the Latino communities and learn from them. Over the years we’ve made it cool to be a gangster and hate our own women,we’re actually doing the job for these hate groups. As far as the kkk,if their forefathers knew now what they have known then we wouldnt be here. The next time they say “go back to Africa”,you say you go back to Europe.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/22andlovingit1/ 22andlovingit1

    I LOVE PIC NUMBER 8 EVERYONE LOOK AT THAT HARD BECAUSE THATS EXACTUALLY WHAT WE ALL WOULD DO SO TRY US ,ALL I CAN SAY IS I AM DEEPLY SADDENT AND EMOTIONALLY HURT BECASUE PEOPLE LKE MARTIN LUTHER KING FAUGHT FOR US TO GET THIS FAR AND THE KKK ARE TRYING TO THROW ALL THAT AWAY. THEY MUST DONT KNOW THIS IS NOT THE 50 AND 60′S HUN TRY TO APPROACH A “N****R” SO U CALL US ” NOW SEE WHAT HAPPEN TO YOU. BEACUSE LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING I HAVE A BABY BOY WHO I BE DAMMED IS GOING TO HAVE TO GROW UP IN A WORLD WORING ABOUT BEING A “N****R” SO KKK CALL US” . LISTEN KKK IF YOUR ON BP WHICH I KNOW YALL SECRETLY ARE I FOUND ONE TONIGHT AND HE EVEN COMMETED ON THIS TOPIC PEOPLE THIS IS BP INFO lakerdude19 EVERYBODY GO SEE THAT RACIST S**T. PEPLE YOU JUST DONT UBDERSTAND I HATE RACIST PEOPLE WE ARE ALL THE SAME DAM WHATS SO HARD TO UNDERSTAND . AND IF THEY WERE SMART THEY WOULD KNOW THERE IS NO NEED TO TRY TO COME TOGETHER AGIAN BECASUE WE ALREADY SUFFERING WHEN WE GO LOOK FOR WORK AND CANT GET HIRED BECASUE WE BLACK. WE AS B LACK PEOPLE GO THREW ENOUGH IM JUST TIRED OF THIS S**T THIS LIKE THE 3RD KKK POST I SAW. GET A LIFE BECAUSE IM TELLING U THIS NOW I WILL DIE FOR MY FAMILY ESPECIALLY MY SON SO YOU TRY TO COME TO NEWARK WITH THOSE GOWNS ON TRYING TO HOLD A RALLY SEE WHAT HAPPEN. ITS BEST YOU STAY DOWN THERE WHERE YALL AT BUT IT STILL MAKES ME MAD BECASUE THERE PROBULLY FRIGHTINGTHE BLACKS IN THAT TOWN . BECAUSE DOWN THERE BLACKS ARE PROBULLY OUTNUMBERED OR HAVE NO SAY SO .
    I AM SO MAD ALL I CAN ASK IS PLEASE COME TO NJ WE WILL SHOW YOU THAT WE HONOR A COLOR ALRIGHT THATS EVERYCOLOR AND WE WORSHIP 1 MAN AND YOU WILL NOT SHATTER HIS NAME AND THATS DR MARTIN LUTHER KING …!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    GO TO HELLLLL

  • http://newsone.com/nation/newsonestaff2/university-of-texas-named-dorm-after-klan-leader/ University Of Texas Named Dorm After Klan Leader | News One

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