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? asked in Politics & GovernmentPolitics · 6 years ago

Just as the Mob uses 'Muscle' to enforce its will, wasn't the KKK the 'Muscle' behind the "Whites Only Culture" during the Jim Crow era?

Update:

@ The Beat: While I don't celebrate the Mob, I do respect their panache and the subculture they were forced to create due to the religious and ethic bigotry of the WASP dominated society. The KKK supported Prohibition, while the Mob was instrumental in the spread of "Speakeasies." And since speakeasies were largely gender and race neutral, the stodgy racist "Whites Only" crap lost ground. And musically, America's only claim, Jazz, was played at the speakeasies. So, I respect the Mob for that.

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago
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    It was part of the "muscle". The official local law enforcement agencies were usually involved, too.

  • 6 years ago

    Yes it was the muscle of the Southern Democratic Party.

  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Yes

  • Hobbit
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    Yes.

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  • Anonymous
    6 years ago

    Yeah, but that muscle has turned to mush.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    No. The Democrat party was and still is

  • ?
    Lv 6
    6 years ago

    I suppose. But the mob was actually really ******* awesome.

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