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I'm not really sure where to respond, but here goes anyway.  I don't see how pointing out a fact is, ""racist.""  If I was to point out that African Americans have darker skin than whites, would I be deemed a, ""racist?""  I don't think so.  It is a fact that the KKK was formed to protect white Southerners from Blacks and Northerners during the rape of the South that ensued the Civil War.  Do you really believe it was formed by a bunch of slack jawed yokels to, ""hate"" on Blacks?  Sure, racism was a part of it, but it was not the defining birthmark of the KKK."