“It’s supposed to be white with white. Black with black. Man with woman and all of that,” Jessica Black of Craigsville, Virginia, explained to her local TV station. A reporter had asked her why she would let her seven-year-old son dress as a KKK member for Halloween — and her answer was, in part, that it’s a valued family tradition. Nothing wrong with the Ku Klux Klan, Ms. Black emphasized.

For some totally fact-based background information on how the KKK got its name (and its white-sheet get-up), look no further than my favorite comedy duo, David Mitchell and Robert Webb:

Anyway, after the Jesus-costume post, and now the KKK one, I am done with Halloween for the year. Don’t forget to check back in about 12 months, when we’ll no doubt have news of kids going dressed as presidential candidate Ted Cruz.

Now that’s scary.

(Thanks to GubbaBumpkin for the tip)



