The CT Mirror’s Ana Radelat writes “Connecticut may not be fertile ground for a white supremacist rally like the one that turned violent in Charlottesville, Va., but the state is not immune to hate.”
Bridgeport author Andy Piascik, who has written about the Ku Klux Klan’s history in Connecticut, said it’s difficult for the United States to shake off the white supremacist movement.
“The ideology of white supremacy is a central aspect of U.S. history,” he said. “The society was founded on the slavery of African Americans and we live with that legacy today.”
… Today, counter-protesters in Connecticut would significantly outnumber the white supremacists who rallied in Charlottesville, Piascik said.
“The sort of KKK-type groups are likely to be small in Connecticut,” Piascik said. “But look at how quickly they came out of the woodwork (in Charlottesville). They want to announce to the world ‘we are here.'”
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*** What are some of the reading materials that expose these groups and where there from, Lennie? Domestic Terrorist and it’s idealogy is alive and spreading in America due to the “left vs right” stereo-type way of thinking between the races.
Tell us more Lennie!