Why the KKK is Not OK


A video screenshot of the students in KKK robes. Unlike fictional villains or cultural icons, the KKK and Nazis existed to dehumanise and exterminate, says the writer.

CONSIDER this: would you teach children not to play with fire by handing them a lit torch?

The logical answer would be a resounding no, given safety considerations and numerous possibilities of how it could go wrong. Hence, this is why I find the viral video involving university students wearing Ku Klux Klan (KKK) robes and the subsequent defence of it by the university extremely perplexing.

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