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Documentary tomorrow on BBC 1 at 10pm- the KKK in the USA today

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jinglbellsfrocks Mon 13-Jul-15 22:40:58

just bought that book. Cheap on Kindle at the moment.

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merlotgran Mon 13-Jul-15 22:31:48

Yes. Mudbound is a very good book.

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Ana Mon 13-Jul-15 22:30:36

Oops - I thought I'd checked all the channels. Will have a look now although it's halfway through (could always watch + 1 of course).

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granjura Mon 13-Jul-15 22:29:36

AGain i do recommend reading 'Mudbound' for th history of post war KKK in the South.

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granjura Mon 13-Jul-15 22:28:17

On Channel 4, sorry. Quite shocking.

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Ana Mon 13-Jul-15 22:25:37

granjura the documentary isn't on BBC 1 here. It's the news, as usual.

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janeainsworth Mon 13-Jul-15 22:22:16

Envious We travelled through North & South Carolina last year on the Intracoastal Waterway and many of the houses did indeed fly the Confederate flag.
I thought little of it at the time, assuming the house owners were just showing allegiance to their part of the U.S., is the South, in the same way Scottish people fly the Saltire.
It's only since the horrific murders last month in SC that I have heard it said that it's a symbol of oppression of African Americans.

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granjura Mon 13-Jul-15 22:05:31

Are you watching? Seriously worrying sad

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Envious Sun 12-Jul-15 19:45:00

I've lived in the South most of my life and I've never seem a Confederate flag flying in public or anywhere else. As for courthouses I've only see the one in Tennessee where I live and there has never been a Confederate flag there.

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whitewave Sun 12-Jul-15 19:21:51

Thanks will give it a view

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granjura Sun 12-Jul-15 19:10:35

... after the Ku Klux Klan were mentionned several times recently in other discussions, including the one on the Confederate Flag flying all over the place in Southern USA and an earlier one on the EDL - we will definitely be watching this tomorrow and perhaps have a better understanding of the issues and what the KKK is about, even now in 2015.

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