Meeting in Wyo. between NAACP, Klan heads marks history

[SecularMotion]

Source: USA Today

DENVER (AP) — A meeting between the Wyoming chapter of the NAACP and an organizer for the Ku Klux Klan over the weekend is believed to be the first of its kind.

The meeting between Jimmy Simmons, president of the Casper NAACP, and John Abarr, a KKK organizer from Great Falls, Mont., took place at a hotel in Casper, Wyo., under tight security, the Casper Star-Tribune reported.

The Southern Poverty Law Center and the United Klans of America said Tuesday that the meeting is a first.

Abarr told The Associated Press that he met with Simmons Saturday and ended up filling out an NAACP membership form so he can get the group's newsletters and some insight into its views. He said he paid the $30 fee to join, plus a $20 donation.

Read more: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/09/03/naacp-ku-klux-klan-meeting/2760411/

[Ash_F]

1. "But Abarr said he didn't ask anybody at the meeting if they would like to join the KKK."

"You have to be white to join the Klan," he said.

Awwww shucks!

[kelliekat44]

2. I wouldn't make light of this. Getting to really know people is the beginning of understanding them

Understanding often informs the soul.

[awoke_in_2003]

7. True. nt

[mountain grammy]

3. I don't even know how to respond to this.. at first I thought it was the "Onion."

But what the hell, stranger things have happened. Anything to put an end to the hate and fear, I'm all for it and commend both these men.

[onehandle]

4. Could be worse. The NAACP could be meeting with the NRA. nt

[hatrack]

5. Or the RNC

[heaven05]

6. what a fucking joke.

turn the other cheek, huh? These fucking KKK have been responsible for some of the most heinous crimes against the black race. Meet? HELL NO!!!!