SANGER INVITED TO KKK, OPPOSES BLACKS, JEWS Date sent: Tue, 23 Dec 1997 02:16:21 -0500 (EST) From: mike richmond To: c-news@world.std.com Subject: C-NEWS: Quiz: Which Towering Liberal refused to denounce the KKK? Send reply to: mike richmond December 1997 Which Towering Liberal refused to denounce the Ku Klux Klan? (article in the public domain) In August 1924 one of the most influential Americans of this century wrote, "Our experience of the last ten years of constant fighting has been that of all the reactionary groups in the country the Roman Catholic Church is the most politically pernicious and menacing to any progressive movement. We know nothing of the Ku Klux Klan [!!!]. We have covered the United States from the Atlantic to the Pacific and the Klan has neither fought us, nor stood by us." (1) In the first 4 decades of this century the 'Klan' was a very powerful force in the U.S. south (and beyond). Among other things, the Ku Klux Klan lynched innocent blacks and spread anti-Semitic propaganda. No half- way knowledgeable person could have been unaware of this. Perhaps, the writer above was a 'callow youth' of little life experience. No, not unless age 45 is youth. Perhaps, in a later autobiography this person took the opportunity (at age 59) to label the KKK as racist and anti- Semitic. No, in Margaret Sanger; an autobiography (pages 366-367) Mrs. Sanger writes about "an invitation to talk to the women's branch of the Ku KLux Klan at Silver Lake, New Jersey..." [she accepted]. Does she even mention lynching of blacks? No. Does Sanger 'bring up' KKK anti-Semitism? No. If any 'pro-choicer' can find a denunciation of the KKK in Sanger's autobiography or her journal, Birth Control Review, they are welcome to try. Just how 'reactionary' was the Roman Catholic Church in 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s? According to author Philip R. Reilly (2), the Catholic Church was one of the strongest opponents of forced sterilization laws that Mrs. Sanger favored with her population control propaganda. The KKK and Sanger had three goals in common: 1. fewer black people in the U.S. 2. fewer Jews in the U.S. 3. severe restriction of U.S. immigration No wonder Sanger got 'no static' from the KKK. Margaret Sanger founded Planned Parenthood in 1942. Currently, more than 30% of all U.S. induced abortions are performed on black women. Does the KKK object to this state of affairs? As a result of highly restricted immigration policy only about 21,000 Jews immigrated into the U.S. during the peak of the Jewish holocaust (1941-1945). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Editorial, Birth Control Review, August 1924 (2) The Surgical Solution, Philip R. Reilly ------- To subscribe to c-news, send the message SUBSCRIBE C-NEWS, or the message UNSUBSCRIBE C-NEWS to unsubscribe, to majordomo@world.std.com. Contact owner-c-news@world.std.com if you have questions.