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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIdaho's lone black lawmaker receives KKK mailing
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) Idaho's only black lawmaker said she received a direct mailing from the Ku Klux Klan that has bolstered her resolve to fight prejudice.
Childhood memories of a cross burning on her lawn on Boise's north end were rekindled for Rep. Cherie Buckner-Webb, D-Boise, when she opened a hand-addressed application last week to join the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
"It conjured up a lot of things for me that weren't very comfortable not fear, but sometimes we get to thinking things are settled," she said.
The mailing solicited a photo, $35 in annual dues and asked for a completed statement proclaiming: "I am a White Christian man or woman," The Idaho Statesman reported.
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Idaho's lone black lawmaker receives KKK mailing (Original Post)
stevedeshazer
Apr 2012
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libodem
(19,288 posts)1. OMG
Thanks for posting this, Steve.
BumRushDaShow
(130,142 posts)2. I know there's a small % of AAs there
but didn't realize there was a African-American elected official too.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)3. Did the letter say "Dear Clayton Bigsby?" (Chappele Show)
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)6. Bonus points for Clayton Bigsby reference, lol! VIDEO:
&feature=related
stevedeshazer
(21,653 posts)7. +1
That's funny.
the antichristie
(34 posts)4. it isn't just the South
The shit exists in all 50 states.
stevedeshazer
(21,653 posts)5. Sad, but true. n/t