By JD
A
Virginia mother let her 7-year-old son wear a Ku Klux Klan costume this
Halloween because, she insisted, it's a family tradition.
Jessica
Black of Craigsville, Va., let her son,
Jackson, dress as a Klansman with a floor-length white robe and
full-faced white hood, according to local ABC affiliate WHSV. The outfit
garnered media attention after a photo of the boy
dressed in the KKK regalia was posted to the WHSV Facebook page.
When Black was confronted by the news network, she defended her decision.
"My
brother has [worn it] when he was in Kindergarten and when he was 13,"
Black said. She went on to claim there is nothing wrong with the costume
or with the White Supremacist group, which she says still exists in
their Virginia town. "It's supposed to be white with white, black with
black, man with woman and all of that. That's what the KKK stands for."
What exactly is the issue here? Tradition is tradition. Your
family gets a tree on Christmas and eats turkey for Thanksgiving, Jessica
Black’s family dresses up like the Klan for Halloween.
In all seriousness, I don’t support the costume but I sure as hell respect the
dedication. Gotta remember what
brought you here – Doesn’t matter that everyone in America knows you’re a
racist. Just ask the Redskins.
PS - How many times has the Black family considered changing
their last name?
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