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A photo essay. Meet the Ku Klux Klan's seamstress of hate couture.
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| A photo essay. Meet the Ku Klux Klan's seamstress of hate couture.
- Click HERE to go to the original thread with graphics
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Coming from five generations of Ku Klux Klan members, 58-year-old "Ms. Ruth" sews hoods and robes for Klan members seven days a week, blessing each one when it's done. A red satin outfit for an Exalted Cyclops, the head of a local chapter, costs about $140. She uses the earnings to help care for her 40-year-old quadriplegic daughter, "Lilbit," who was injured in a car accident 10 years ago.
The following is a photo essay about Ms. Ruth by New York photojournalist Anthony Karen, a former Marine who has spent several years photographing members of the Ku Klux Klan. The essay includes audio of interviews with Karen and Ms. Ruth.
http://www.motherjones.com/photos/2..._klan_robe.html
On the website if you click on the pictures you can listen to some audio. The audio that accompanies the pic above is Ruth explaining what the Klan was really about. The Klan would not just go after black people but whites as well.
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| Reverend Tyler |
| That kid should immediately be sent to social services, and her parent sterilized. |
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| NC-Stern-Mark |
| Well at least the klan didn't sell out and have their robes made in China. :D |
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| BarkonCue |
Quote: Originally posted by NC-Stern-Mark
Well at least the klan didn't sell out and have their robes made in China. :D |
:D |
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| Luther |
| I'd buy one of those. :kkk: |
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| Gary_Busey |
| very interesting |
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| jigzaw |
Quote: Originally posted by Reverend Tyler
That kid should immediately be sent to social services, and her parent sterilized. |
Unless a crime is being committed, that would be unconstitutional. People are allowed to be assholes and believe horrible things. |
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http://www.motherjones.com/photos/2..._a_fitting.html
Sue (right), checks the fit of a red satin robe made for an Exalted Cyclops of the KKK, while Ms. Ruth takes a cigarette break in the background.
Listen to the audio by clicking on the link above the pic. |
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| mingmen |
Quote: Originally posted by jigzaw
Unless a crime is being committed, that would be unconstitutional. People are allowed to be assholes and believe horrible things. |
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http://www.motherjones.com/photos/2...od_fitting.html
Ms. Ruth personally sews one robe a day. She works 10 to 12 hours a day, seven days a week. She has 1 to 3 helpers at times. The person to be fitted measures themselves, fills out the tailoring chart, and mails in the order. It takes 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. Here she puts the final touches on a red Klan hood. |
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