Introduction According to the Ant-Defamatory League [ADL] (2007), the Ku Klux Klan [KKK] is an organization with racist intentions. It is a movement committed to severe violence to meet its goals of racial divisions to expose white people as supreme over other races. There may be many other groups that perpetuate this philosophy in the US such as the Neo-Nazis but the Klan is expansively spread. It consists of over 40 subgroups with various chapters (often referred to us the ‘Klaverns’) (Ridgeway, 1995). These chapters form about 6000 members nationwide. The group used to be active after WWI&II through the civil rights movements up to the 1970s before its activities began to hush down. However, the group began to resurface in the new millennium to exploit American fear over homosexuality, thought to attack the morals of Christian doctrine as well as urban crime and the influx of foreigners through immigration (MacDonald, 2008). By cooperating with other groups, they have increased their activities and links within the US and even abroad. Moreover, their recent resurgence has sprouted in communities hitherto seen as calm and antiracist by distributing racist writings. In most of its operations, they have targeted Hispanics and blacks whom they torture to death (ADL, 2007). In this essay, we shall discuss a brief history of the KKK, its cultural formation, strategies involved in its operations, the role of the media in the perpetuation of its activities, and the impact of this group on the victims. Background to the KKK David Chalmers asserts that the Ku Klux Klan was initially called the Klan; a name for the hate groups in the US aiming at defending the interests of whites by intimidating other races. One of these groups is thought to have originated from the southern states of Alabama, Louisiana, and Tennessee by spreading tentacles to the entire country. Their trademark dressing was illustrated by white robes, large hats, and masks. They used the latter for hiding the personal identity of members even as they terrorized anyone supportive of the Roman Catholic Church and the labor Unions. The exact year of KKK formation is largely unknown but it is believed to be around the 1860s (1987). By 1925, the group had about 5 million members who were mostly momentary. However, loyalty was sustained by the taking of a solemn oath and a fee of about 16 dollars. This fee was intended to make one the official regalia and membership card thus thought to keep one’s commitment to the group (Bohn, 1925). Initially restricted to the Southern States, the Confederate Army groups who first formed the Klan were determined to fight for white dominance following the American civil war. They resented the country’s restoration by killing freed slaves and the whites who supported their freedom. The Klan was then weakened after the Federal government introduced the Force Acts in 1871 (Martin, 2006). Through prosecutions and deterrent punishments, the group’s operations were severely reduced. However, the group remerged disguised in names such as the White League and the Red Shirts and continued with violence to suppress Republicans to quit office. As a result, white democrats regained political seats in most states of the south (Matusevic