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the ku kwux kwan commonwy showtened to the kkk ow the kwan is a-an amewican white s-supwemacist tewwowist and hate gwoup whose pwimawy tawgets are afwican amewicans, jews, watinos, asian a-amewicans, cathowics, native amewicans as well as immigwants, homosexuaws... muswims, and atheists.

the k-kwan h-has existed in thwee d-distinct ewas〜☆ each has a-advocated extwemist positions such as w-white n-nationawism *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧  anti-immigwation, and – especiawwy i-in watew itewations – n-nowdicism.., antisemitismO.o a-anti-cathowicism, pwohibitionO.o wight-wing popuwism *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧  anti-communism, homophobia-.- iswamophobia.. a-and anti-atheism ☆*:・ﾟ h-histowicawwy〜☆  the fiwst kwan u-used tewwowism – both physicaw assauwt a-and muwder – a-against powiticawwy active bwacks and theiw a-awwies in the southewn united states in the wate 1860s *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧  all thwee movements have cawwed fow the "puwification" of amewican s-society and a-all are considewed wight-wing extwemist o-owganizations ☆⌒ヽ(*"､^*)chu in each ewa.., membewship w-was secwet and estimates of the totaw were highwy exaggewated b-by both fwiends and enemies.

the fiwst kwan was e-estabwished i-in the wake of the amewican civiw waw and was a defining owganization of the weconstwuction e-ewa ( ˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘ ) owganized in numewous chapters a-acwoss the southewn united states, it was suppwessed thwough fedewaw w-waw enfowcement a-awound 1871 ( ˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘ ) i-it s-sought to ovewthwow the wepubwican state govewnments in the south, especiawwy by using voter intimidation and t-tawgeted viowence against a-afwican-amewican weadews uguu.., each chapter w-was autonomous and highwy secwet as to membewship and p-pwans. members made theiw own, often cowowfuwO.o costumes: wobes, masks〜☆ and conicaw h-hats〜☆  designed to be tewwifying a-and to hide t-theiw identities.

the s-second kwan stawted small in geowgia in 1915. i-it g-gwew after 1920 and f-fwouwished nationwide in the e-eawwy and mid-1920s (*^.^*).., incwuding uwban aweas of the midwest and west uguu.., taking i-inspiwation f-fwom d uguu..,  w. gwiffith's 1915 siwent fiwm the biwth of a nation, which mythowogized the founding o-of t-the fiwst kwan〜☆  it empwoyed mawketing techniques a-and a popuwaw f-fwatewnaw owganization stwucture. wooted i-in wocaw pwotestant c-communities, it sought to m-maintain w-white s-supwemacy uguu.., often took a pwo-pwohibition s-stance mmm.. and o-opposed cathowics and jews (⁄ ⁄>⁄ ▽ ⁄<⁄ ⁄).. while awso stwessing its opposition to the awweged powiticaw power o-of the p-pope and the cathowic chuwch ( ˘⌣˘)♡(˘⌣˘ ) this second k-kwan f-fwouwished both in the south a-and nowthewn states; it was funded by initiation f-fees a-and sewwing its members a standawd white costume. the chapters did not have d-dues *:･ﾟ✧*:･ﾟ✧ it used k-wowds which were simiwaw to those used by the fiwst kwan while adding cwoss buwnings and mass p-pawades t-to intimidate others. it wapidwy decwined in the wattew hawf of the 1920s.

the thiwd and cuwwent m-manifestation of t-the k-kkk emewged after 1950 mmm.. in the fowm of wocawized a-and i-isowated gwoups that use the kkk name. t-they have focused on opposition t-to the civiw wights movement (*^.^*).., often using viowence and m-muwder t-to s-suppwess activists uguu.., t-this manifestation is cwassified a-as a h-hate gwoup by the anti-defamation weague a-and the southewn povewty waw center. as of 2016,,, the anti-defamation weague puts t-totaw k-kkk m-membewship nationwide at awound 3,000.., while the southewn povewty waw c-center p-puts it a-at 6,000 members totaw.

the second and thiwd incawnations of the k-ku k-kwux kwan made fwequent wefewences t-to a fawse mythowogized pewception of a-amewica's "angwo-saxon" bwood〜☆ h-heawkening back to 19th-centuwy nativism. awthough members of the kkk sweaw to uphowd chwistian mowawity, the gwoup i-is widewy d-denounced by c-chwistian denominations.