KKK Homosexuality
This article
is from a larger collection.
Gibson, James. "Homosexuals and
the Ku Klux Klan: A Contextual Analysis of ..." Jstor. The Western
Political Quarterly, Sept. 1987. Web. 25 Oct. 2016.
I
believe the focus is to show that anyone should be allowed to protest even the
Ku Klux Klan. As a people, the KKK hate virtually anything not American or
white. Their “hate” protests incite anger in everyone across the world. The
article mentions an exact protest from 1984 in which the KKK protested
homosexuality. They were being escorted around town but hundreds of officers.
It shows how the city and law enforcement support knowing the KKK’s rights to
do so. I chose this article because my subject is how the KKK had an effect on
the civil rights movement. The KKK is relevant to my paper because it shows the
ideas and thoughts in a KKK member’s head. There is history here and maybe a
primary source.
For my
paper the framework of it all will help bring in the reality of Civil rights to
both sides. (KKK VS Others) Also find what counts as rights and not just
anarchy.
“On
Saturday, June 9, 1984, 55 members of the Ku Klux Klan marched down Wertheimer
Street in the Montrose Area of Houston in protest of homosexuality. The
Klansmen were escorted and protected by 800 members of the Houston Police
Depart”(427). This also reveals yet
another source to protest, being homosexuals not just hating on black. “Unpopular
political minorities have often met intense resistance from the majority when
they have sought to assert the rights of citizens of democratic policies”(427).
Makes me think further pointing out inequality and the KKK making sure these
smaller groups are put to rest before they get sense that they can work
together. “…items, actual civil liberties disputes provide an illuminating
context for studying applied political tolerance” (427).The protests on both
sides start to blur the edges of legal or not legal.
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