Ku Klux Klan in Suffolk County (Babylon: home, station, membership)

[llama8]

Originally Posted by mrdkb

I moved to the South from LI 3 years and LI's brand of racism is worst!!! My dad, (70 years old), moved us out to LI when he was in his late 20's. He is a very patrioctic man. Voted for McCain. He's conservative. This is what he revealed to me this week in his NC home: "I've been all over (he was in the Air Force) - Louisanna, Arkansas, the deep south, and I 'll tell, LI is the most racist place I've been in" By the way, there are now a few incidents of Hispanics getting murdered on that poor white trash Island.

Moderator cut: comment One incident does not categorize an entire island of people. Since you do not live here, it is very presumptious of you to even claim to understand this area. I have travelled in the south and it it quite racist down there. I feel that you are very misinformed and you are clearly trying to start trouble in this forum.

How is LI a poor white trash area??? It is one of the wealthiest places to live in the country. Perhaps you are jealous that you can't live here.

Although your dad is entitled to his own opinion, keep in mind that he is speaking about something 50 years ago. My parents weren't even born yet. Segregation was still going on in the south then. I think his experiences are a bit outdated.
I will not waste any more time responding since you are such a close-minded individual.

[ecraw]

Originally Posted by omigawd

I know you MUST be kidding or trying to stir something up.

Please tell me you don't actually believe this.

No, I'm absolutely serious. Why do you think there is racism on long island? Because of one incident that was blown out of proportion? I have friends and family on the island. A former coworker of mine has a security company and put a black kid in charge of everything. You probably think there is racism because there are a few segregatged areas.

[omigawd]

Originally Posted by ecraw

No, I'm absolutely serious. Why do you think there is racism on long island? Because of one incident that was blown out of proportion? I have friends and family on the island. A former coworker of mine has a security company and put a black kid in charge of everything. You probably think there is racism because there are a few segregatged areas.

You don't live on Long Island so your opinion based on your former co-worker putting a "black kid" in charge means squat.

One incident?? Shows what you know... There are "incidents" everyday. They just don't all make the news.

Wow.... he put a "black kid" in charge..... that speaks for all of LI.

No, not because of the "segregated" areas.... I lived in NYC... moved out here 11 years ago.... Believe me the things I've seen and heard out here are just un-freaking-believable when it comes to racism. I would give just about anything to be able to move back to NYC.

Here's an example..... my daughter and I were at an event in a park in Manhattan. There were people there from EVERY walk of life, every ethnicity, every religion..... Everyone was getting along great, having a wonderful time, having fun together.... I can guarantee you if this event happend on LI, there would have been fights, attacks, nasty comments, etc.....

[ecraw]

Originally Posted by omigawd

You don't live on Long Island so your opinion based on your former co-worker putting a "black kid" in charge means squat.

One incident?? Shows what you know... There are "incidents" everyday. They just don't all make the news.

Wow.... he put a "black kid" in charge..... that speaks for all of LI.

No, not because of the "segregated" areas.... I lived in NYC... moved out here 11 years ago.... Believe me the things I've seen and heard out here are just un-freaking-believable when it comes to racism. I would give just about anything to be able to move back to NYC.

Here's an example..... my daughter and I were at an event in a park in Manhattan. There were people there from EVERY walk of life, every ethnicity, every religion..... Everyone was getting along great, having a wonderful time, having fun together.... I can guarantee you if this event happend on LI, there would have been fights, attacks, nasty comments, etc.....

Ok, you're comparing the island to manhattan where there are a higher percentage of blacks and spanish people. People in long island are no more racist than people in the 5 boroughs.Btw, I was just giving you one example of a guy I know. Don't make an issue where there is not one. on't automatically assume an area is racist because it's predominantly white. Most people live where they want to live. Are the residents of bed stuy racist?

[llama8]

Originally Posted by omigawd

You don't live on Long Island so your opinion based on your former co-worker putting a "black kid" in charge means squat.

One incident?? Shows what you know... There are "incidents" everyday. They just don't all make the news.

Wow.... he put a "black kid" in charge..... that speaks for all of LI.

No, not because of the "segregated" areas.... I lived in NYC... moved out here 11 years ago.... Believe me the things I've seen and heard out here are just un-freaking-believable when it comes to racism. I would give just about anything to be able to move back to NYC.

Here's an example..... my daughter and I were at an event in a park in Manhattan. There were people there from EVERY walk of life, every ethnicity, every religion..... Everyone was getting along great, having a wonderful time, having fun together.... I can guarantee you if this event happend on LI, there would have been fights, attacks, nasty comments, etc.....

where were you when you heard these racist comments on LI????

Each LI town is unique and different. If I heard a racist comment in Harlem, I would not categorize the entire city or Manhattan as racist. You need to stop being so narrow minded and stop stereotyping people. Moderator cut: comment

[rocafeller05]

Back to the topic....why dont these people hand these KKK recruitment papers out at the Jamaica station or Flatbush area? .....COWARDS!!

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[HeleenieWeenie]

OMG! I so much agree with you on that issue. I"ve always thought that when living in Oakland county, Pontiac MI in the 60s; flyers would be on the windows of cars, but NONE were passed out in the Projects, or poor neighborhoods. Plenty of Militia-KKK grps. in Holly, MI. but they keep denying it. After all the OKla. bomb guy lived/worked right near there in Dexter/Deckerville, or was it Hooterville and Pixly, MI ? hahahaaaa

[sickofnyc99]

Hey where's Greenspan when you need him? Long Island is a part of NY. Also I think the reason for the choice of area to distribute is the fact that I don' think there'd be many takers in the projects. Like asking for donations for the Yankees in Fenway.

[sean sean sean sean]

Originally Posted by I_Love_LI_but

Well they were putting out leaflets about their "cause," not actually wreaking havoc. And, for what it's worth, they were from out of state (Michigan, another Blue State).

I saw something on TV about the Klan and actually places like Smithtown and Freeport, LI, were Klan strongholds in the 1920's.

At one time the Klan was very popular all over America, not only in "Red States" until a Grand Dragon from Indiana was convicted of the rape/murder of a young woman and then most people dissociated themselves with it and they lost a tremendous amount of membership.

The KKK was huge on LI up until the 1930s, and it was right out in the open. I've seen pictures of a Klan rally on Merrick Road in Wantagh (where Cedar Creek Park is now) that drew close to a thousand people. There weren't even a thousand people living in Wantagh at that time!

Originally Posted by dman72

What's amazing is that when MS-13 members kill a guy in Huntington Station because he has a Puerto Rican flag in his car, it barely cracks the headlines, but when a white kid (aided by a mixed race group of accomplices) stabs an Ecuadoran (sp), it makes national news. There are constant racial issues between black and Hispanic students at many LI High Schools that never get to the front page. Violence in any form should be met with outrage.

There are constant issues between kids of different races at LI high schools but they go both way, and they don't make the news because they're not newsworthy whatsoever. When was the last time you heard about a fresh batch of MS-13 recruits raping and murdering Johnny Lacrosse, a freshman at Jericho High School? It's never happened. The first scenario is more common, and it doesn't make the news because the media knows people aren't that shocked by illegal immigrants killing each other. That doesn't sell papers!

A group of high school students stabbing anyone (white or not) to death would be front page news pretty much anywhere in the country.