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Arkansas billboard promotes white pride radio, KKK leader claims it’s ‘not racist’
This photo taken on Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2014, shows a new billboard in Harrison, Ark., that advertises the web-based "whiteprideradio.com" which has been rented by the Knights Party of Zinc, formerly the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, and comes just a year after another billboard carrying a racist message was taken down. (AP Photo/Harrison Daily Times, James White)
A billboard in Harrison, Arkansas, is promoting “whiteprideradio.com” and is being paid for by a group formerly known as the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
Knights Party national director Thom Robb told The Harrison Daily Times the group is leasing the space for a year. Robb was national director of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which The Southern Poverty Law Center says Robb renamed the Knights Party.
The billboard shows a young white girl holding a puppy next and reads, “It’s NOT Racist to (love) Your People,” with a heart image replacing the word love. It refers passersby to www.whiteprideradio.com, which redirects Internet users to wwww.kkkradio.com.
The website promotes a quote in its banner, “My family LOVES it! There are shows for ALL of us – Even the Kids!” and includes a schedule for radio programs throughout the day.
Read more: http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/us-world/article/Arkansas-billboard-promotes-white-pride-radio-5990276.php
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