Photojournalism
Aryan Outfitters
Meet the Ku Klux Klan's seamstress of hate couture.
Thu March 27, 2008 12:21 PM PST
Coming from five generations of Ku Klux Klan members, 58-year-old "Ms. Ruth" sews hoods and robes for Klan members seven days a week, blessing each one when it's done. A red satin outfit for an Exalted Cyclops, the head of a local chapter, costs about $140. She uses the earnings to help care for her 40-year-old quadriplegic daughter, "Lilbit," who was injured in a car accident 10 years ago.
The following is a photo essay about Ms. Ruth by New York photojournalist Anthony Karen, a former Marine who has spent several years photographing members of the Ku Klux Klan. The essay includes audio of interviews with Karen and Ms. Ruth.
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Title "Aryan outfitters"
Your use of the word Aryan to describe these hate mongers is offensive to the people of the Indian subcontinent. It is bad enough Hitler stole our swastika and cultural heritage but you should not be aiding and abetting in the biggest massive cultural theft in human history. Please pick up an Anthropology text book and read up on Aryan, Sanskrit and swastika and educate yourselves.
The final photo!
The last picture is awfully sad.