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…beautiful than their darker counterparts. This misguided notion transcends from the belief that white is superior. Ironically, some African Americans have bought into the ultimate supremacy of the white race. A classic example is Michael Jackson, a very famous…

…was formed in December, 1865 in a law office where several white men against freed blacks met and talked about their pro-slavery beliefs, and their full-length official creed was this: “We the order of the KKK, reverentially acknowledge the majesty and supremacy…

…became the governing political policy for South Africa until the early 1990s. The Prime Minister of Native Affairs Dr H. F. Verwoerd claimed apartheid was built on a long history of racial segregation and discriminatory laws intended to ensure white supremacy…

…, or ideological status quo. Probably the most famous example of terrorism from below is the Ku Klux Klan. The Klan's underlying ideas of racial separation and white Protestant supremacy echoed throughout white society in the 1920s, as racial and religious hatreds…

…, and their main objective is to maintain or restore white supremacy (Meltzer 12). The KKK's membership size has changed over the years, but they still have religious intolerance, violence, racial bigotry, and exploitation of others. At the end of the Civil War…

…used to charge Tom Robinson as guilty. Not only could they do it for upholding their white supremacy; they could also say they were just protecting their women from a predator. The author portrays the women who have tea with Aunt Alexandra…

…was a successful advocate in the railroad business. He was also the first Grand Wizard of the original Ku Klux Klan, a secret society that believed in white supremacy. He late realized this was a bad idea, but the Klan had grown to big for him to stop it.…

…McNair, and Will Hendershot who, someday, wish to abolish “lynch law”, and people like the drunken sot Lon Everett, who embody the idea of white supremacy. This society, as a whole, is what shapes the identity of Dick Prosser. At first, the author depicts…

…intended to appeal to women. The Klan tended to act as a kind of interest group for the average female white Protestant who believed that her values should be dominant in American society. "The Klan became a means through which average citizens could resist…

…and believe in white supremacy. Such people are injust and completely wrong because everyone is equal in the eyes of the law. I think that we as a world community have to go through some drastic changes in order to cope with the problems of racism, prejudice…