Ku Klux Klan Candy: KKK Group in South Carolina Hand Out Candy and Propaganda
While notorious for burning crosses and terrorizing minority groups, one sub-division of the Ku Klux Klan has resorted to a mild recruitment practice that involves giving out candy and leaflets.
Over the weekend, a KKK chapter located in Seneca, South Carolina handed out bags of candy filled with anti-immigration pamphlets in effort to recruit new members.
One woman says she was shocked when she discovered the KKK candy bag on her way to church Sunday morning. In addition to multiple pieces of candy, the bag included literature telling people to "Save our land, join the Klan." The woman, who asked not to be identified, told Fox Carolina that she was in awe when she stumbled upon the bag, and she noticed that the bags were dropped in her neighbors' driveways.
"[I] talked to several neighbors. They were very angry, very upset, very ashamed at the same time -- that this exists," the woman said. "Ashamed to face our neighbors that do not have the same color skin that we do."
Robert Jones, the Imperial Klaliff of the sect Loyal White Knights, told Fox Carolina that the group distributed the candy bags during a national overnight recruitment event where chapters across the country give out literature.
He added that the group has received around 20,000 calls each day from many people who are interested in joining the infamous hate group.
"You shouldn't have to wake up and fear that somebody might burn a cross in your yard or throw something like this out in your driveway with nothing but hurt in their intention," said the Seneca woman.
According to Jones, people who received the bags have nothing to fear, unless, of course, they're doing something that the Klan deems morally wrong.
A resident from Oconee County named Bo Morris said he thought it was "unacceptable" for the bags and fliers to flood his neighborhood, reports Fox News.
However, Jones said people in the area should expect to see more of this type of recruitment.
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