Lucy writes:
In my opinion, the KKK are some of the most despicable people alive.
I think it’s very interesting that Lucy considers the KKK to be so horrible. That group was racist against African Americans and would definately be seen as something “evil” today, but back in the early 1900’s, being a part of the KKK seemed like the right thing to do to most Southerners. In Gone with the Wind, for instance, you can really see how it would seem right to be involved with that group. Some of the main characters are in the KKK, and part of the reason they are is because the pressure from the society. Rather than seeing it as a racist group, the characters viewed it as something that helped to protect their community, and something that actually stopped evil, rather than creating more evil.
