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A&E changes name of KKK series amid backlash

A&E changes name of KKK series amid backlash

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. · Saturday, December 24th 2016 at 12:43PM · 1752 views
A&E changes name of KKK series amid backlash
By Brooke Seipel - 12/24/16 12:13 PM EST The Washington Post

Cable network A&E on Friday changed the name of of its new eight-hour documentary series on the Ku Klux Klan after criticism that the show seemed to be glorifying the hate group.

Originally called "Generation KKK," the series will now be titled "Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America."

A&E announced the change Friday. The documentary is scheduled to start airing Jan. 10.

"Grey's Anatomy" actress Ellen Pompeo earlier this week called for a boycott of the network over the series, tweeting: “So I guess A&E stands for ...we will try to put Anything and Everything on tv... because we are a bunch of desperate pathetic tv execs." 

"The network is changing the name of the show to ensure that no one can mistake its intent and that the title alone does not serve to normalize the Klan," the statement said. 

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Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Saturday, December 24th 2016 at 12:44PM

is this a question of 1st Amendment Rights?

Steve Williams Sunday, December 25th 2016 at 12:21AM

Abolish the First Amendment!

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Sunday, December 25th 2016 at 1:11AM

And replace it with what STEVEN?

Steve Williams Sunday, December 25th 2016 at 11:46AM

Good question Ron.

Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Sunday, December 25th 2016 at 4:35PM

(LOL) WOW!!!

robert powell Monday, December 26th 2016 at 10:15AM


kkk is paganChristian IS.....:

Mozarabs, Hispanics and Cross

By Gomez-Ruiz, Raul

The KKK outfits were taken from Catholicism.....

...... in Spain, Malaga, there was a yearly procession and people would dress like that and do a procession

carrying statues of Mary, Jesus etc. through the streets from the Cathedral.

Catholics used the outfit longer than the KKK had to hide their faces when doing penance to their God

if they did not want others to know that they were doing penance.

the contemporary white gown with a cone hat follows the Spanish Roman Catholic "Nazareno" tradition.

Such garments have been traditionally used in festivities such as Holy Week, symbolizing the act of penance.

In Spain and its former colonies, the pointed hat is called "Capirote".

The KKK supposedly adopted elements of symbolism from the novels of Sir Walter Scott:

------for example, in the use of the fiery cross.

There are a number of explanations given as to what the white robe of the second Klan represents:

* The ghosts of the Confederate troops in the American Civil War.

* The white represents the white race, reflecting the racist ideals of the organization.

* The pointed hood also resembles that of a medieval executioner of grand inquisitor

* The red cross on the white costume, and the horse resembles that of Crusaders.

* The costume was similar in design to those worn by the Spanish Inquisition, with the exception of the hood.

* The white outfit may also be reflective of supposed Druid costume.

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Education is Intelligence.....and A&E SHOULD let it SHOW ... SO AMERICANS can be EDUCATED.....


Dea. Ron Gray Sr. Monday, December 26th 2016 at 10:33AM

From the information at the top of this blog, this documentary will be shown as schedule but the name of this documentary will be changed from "Generation KKK," to "Escaping the KKK: A Documentary Series Exposing Hate in America."

The documentary is scheduled to start airing Jan. 10.


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