Tuesday, March 3, 2009
KKK
As I was doing research about cross-cultural psychology, I came across stuff about cults. I decided to pursue that topic further and got into "destructive cults," which made me think of the Ku Klux Klan. I remembered that I had ran into several members of the KKK while I was serving in Russia. I then decided to look into how the KKK has affected and grown throughout the world. I even saw a political cartoon made by a Russian about "Freedom: American Style" mocking how we were supposed to be a "free" country, yet not all men really had their freedom for so long because of prejudice. Some things that I looked up were the history and origins of the clan. Other things I could look up more about are other harmful cults, such as the Jonestown massacre, etc. This also relates to psychology and group influence and persuasion. I could compare how different cultures embrace or reject these types of cults.
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One thing I remember from American Heritage is how our laws make us free. Countries like Russia may have fewer laws but here laws help to ensure rights and freedoms.
I think this is an interesting topic and I think you could make a good argument about it. I had never really thought about how different cultures and countries have different cults.
The KKK is a crazy topic that for the most part here at BYU you will have support, but elsewhere you'd be suprised the amount of people support or don't mind the KKK as much.
I think this would be the best topic ever. It would hook the reader and with research i think that it would be extremely informative. No one really know what the KKK is anymore so it'll be interesting to see your personal experiences on paper.
I had no idea that the KKK had spread throughout the world. The cult is still prevalent in the United Stated and especially in Georgia, where I'm from. I think this is a great topic.
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