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4/ “The women’s Klan of the 1920s was not only a way to promote racist, intolerant, and xenophobic policies but also a social setting in which to enjoy their own racial and religious privileges,” Blee writes in her book.https://bit.ly/3rBXd2b
5/ And as Blee told @keaux_, women joined the WKKK independently of the men in their lives. In the 1920s, the women were actually much more effective than the men’s Klan in carrying out racist politics due to their networking and “whisper campaigns.” https://bit.ly/3rBXd2b pic.twitter.com/cHvXAuSSJt
6/6 Blee on interviewing aging Klanswomen: “People just had no regrets; I really expected them to be confessional, regretful or embarrassed, or any of those kinds of things. And they really weren’t.”
More from @keaux_'s Q&A: https://bit.ly/3rBXd2b pic.twitter.com/QWwP3DGinB
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As White women saw their political opportunities expand in the 1920s, many of them felt their role in the KKK should too.
In a Q&A with 