Mom who allowed her seven-year old son to dress up like a KKK member for Halloween faces

[Beacool]

angry backlash.

Sometimes, mother really doesn't know best.

The mom of a seven-year old boy from Virginia dressed him up for Halloween night in a Ku Klux Klan costume.

Jessica Black, from Craigsville, says her little boy, Jackson who is seven actually asked if he could also dress as a member of the white supremacist group, so she decided to make him the costume.

Ms Black says it's a 'family tradition'.


Are you KKKidding? A mother from Virginia allowed her seven-year old son to dress up like a Klansman from the Ku Klux Klan because it was 'family tradition' when she was growing up.


It's all good in the hood: Jessica Brown says her brother wore the costume when he was in kindergarten and in 7th grade too.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2485213/Mom-allowed-seven-year-old-son-dress-like-KKK-member-Halloween-faces-angry-backlash.html

Some family tradition!!!! What the hell is wrong with this woman? Doesn't she realize how offensive that costume is to the majority of people???????? She must be a Cuccinelli supporter.

[In_The_Wind]

1. It's unbelievable how stupid some people really are.

[gopiscrap]

26. no kidding

[Fridays Child]

2. Perhaps the camera didn't just happen to capture that "unfortunate" expression on her face.

If that's how she always looks, it explains a lot.

[HangOnKids]

3. I Had The Same Reaction FC

Looks like a Big Lots bargain bin.

[Beacool]

4. Well, either there's not much between the ears

or she's pretending not to know how racist that costume is to most Americans. She does mention that her brother wore one at a similar age. I wonder what kind of reaction her son got while he went trick or treating.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

56. Nah, she knows

She reaffirmed her position by revealing the Klu Klux Klan still exists in Craigsville, Virgnia.

'It's suppose to be white with white. Black with black. Man with woman and all of that. That's what the KKK stands for. The KKK every year, raises money to donate to the St. Jude's,' she protested.

I have no doubt there might be an ignorant stupid soul or two who'd think this was ok and in good taste and not be a racist Klan member themselves, but she knows what she's doing. She's using the one day she thinks she can get away with it to promote her bullshit hatred on her kid.

[Beacool]

59. Poor kid...........

Hopefully he doesn't grow up to be a racist like his mom and her family.

[TxDemChem]

5. OMG!!! You've got to be shitting me!

WTF? Can barely type whole words.

[Beacool]

10. Woman is beyond stupid if she didn't think that the costume wouldn't offend people.

[Mariana]

36. Of course she knew. She intended it to be offensive. nt.

[Whisp]

6. heh. go bea.

[Gravitycollapse]

7. Stupid is as stupid does.

I bet her little ray of sunshine will grow up to be just as stupid.

[Beacool]

11. Her excuse was that he asked to wear that costume.

Well, if he did, then it's because he's been exposed to it. How many kids would ask a parent to dress them like a Klansman?

[Brigid]

55. There is a word every parent should know:

NO. In this case, it should also be accompanied by questuons about where he got an idea like this.

[snooper2]

67. She's just an ignorant racist trashy human, "white with white" "black with black" "man with woman"

From her own mouth, watch this interview-


http://freakoutnation.com/2013/11/02/mom-whiteplains-why-she-allowed-her-7-year-old-to-dress-as-a-klansman-for-halloween/

[Beacool]

69. Yes, I agree.

I hope that her son doesn't grow up to be like her.

[hfojvt]

8. well it depends

there are, I think, three types of costumes

hero costumes - cowboy, Captain America, Spiderman, princess, catwoman (at least in Marvel comics, I think catwoman was a heroine), etc. Point being to dress in something that the child admires, looks up to, aspires to be like.

villain costumes - pirate, wicked witch, vampire, zombie, George W. Bush. The point being to dress up as something evil and scary.

neutral - hobo, clown, ghost. Okay, the last two are scary, but not necessarily evil, or admirable.

How does a KKK costume not fit into the second category? Because they were/are real? So were/are pirates? And heck a local school even has a pirate as their friggin school mascot, like that is something admirable. Oh, what a wonderful person Edward Lowe was http://listverse.com/2007/09/04/top-10-infamous-pirates/

One trouble is, that often lots of people think villains are cool.

[Gravitycollapse]

12. Villain costumes work because they possess a recognizable level of irony.

There's nothing ironic about dressing a 7 year old as a member of the KKK.

[Beacool]

14. She evidently didn't see it as a "villain" costume.

To her it's a family tradition.

[LostOne4Ever]

23. I could see it that way and would agree with you were it not for them calling it a family tradition.

Either way, I would not allow any kid of mine to dress up that way.

[gopiscrap]

27. I would refuse to give candy to thagt kid

and instead invite him and his mom in to discuss the historical significance of the costume, make popcorn and have them watch a couple of documentaries I have on the Klan.

[BlueJazz]

9. Since I'm single, I might be interested in this fine, intelligent, crafty Lady.

..if she can completely pay off the National Debt.
...and gains about 47 IQ points.
...and disappears on our wedding day.
...and somehow stops Global Warming.

[Beacool]

13. Don't forget, she can sew.

[onethatcares]

37. sewing is not

cutting two eye hole out of a pillow case:

[BlueJazz]

39. Hey!....You're talking about my soon-to-be-wed.

[onethatcares]

41. shouldn't that be

"sewn to be wed"?

[BlueJazz]

42. LOL!

[Beacool]

48. Well, she might still be learning.

And what better way to practice than to make her son a KKK costume. It's the perfect thing to wear to all the Klan rallies.

[onethatcares]

51. I've often wondered

when they measure the hood size do they go with pencil point, pinhead, needlebrain or is there an entirely different way?

I was thinking she probably cut the eyeholes while the kid was wearing the pillowcase. How else is one to find where it fits?

[Beacool]

58. I wonder what they put inside to make the pointy part stand up.

As for the eye holes, yeah, she probably did have him try it on for size.

[Drunken Irishman]

15. And this is why Republicans win. This is a good chunk of America.

It's a shrinking pocket - but it's still significant ... especially in some regions of this country. It's sad. It sucks. But when we all gloat and pat our backs and say, "we got this...", remember there are millions more like her.

[ZRT2209]

17. Idiocracy

[Beacool]

19. They don't win everywhere.

They win in pockets of the country where this thinking still prevails. That's why is very important that extremists like Cuccinelli be defeated on Tuesday.

[Drunken Irishman]

20. They win in enough places, though, to have an impact...

My hope is that it's changing.

[AlinPA]

43. PA is one of those places. Teabaggers and their ignorant GOP State House, State Senate

and Governor run this state. Even the US House reps here (13/18) are bigoted republicans. While I haven't seen that costume, there are certainly a lot of those idiots in PA.

[Beacool]

45. I'm very familiar with Pa.

At one time we lived in Center City and also in Penn Wynn. I go regularly because I have friends in the Reading area. I also went there every weekend to canvass for Hillary prior to the PA primaries in 2008. Outside of the Philadelphia and Harrisburg areas, PA can be conservative.

[gopiscrap]

28. exactly..rednecks, corporations and greedy fuckers

count on the low information imbeciles to vote against their own self interest and mark that ballot for their repuke!

[JI7]

16. i read about one that dressed up as a boston Marathon bombing victim

http://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelzarrell/what-happens-when-you-dress-as-a-boston-marathon-victim

[Beacool]

18. I saw it on BuzzFeed too.

There are others who dressed as Trayvon Martin and Zimmerman. Some people are just plain insensitive and stupid.

Here are some other dopes.

http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/17-people-who-need-to-be-banned-from-celebrating-halloween

[JI7]

22. they think they are being cute and creative with this crap

but they are anything but that. i don't know if it's worse that they put it out in public themselves because they really don't know how offensive they are . there is a total lack of concern for others.

some of these are cute and creative

[Shankapotomus]

21. 7 Billion people on the planet

The full range of the intelligence spectrum, including those with the least, is bound to be represented.

I'm not surprised by this level of stupidity. As unfortunate as it is, I'm sure, mathematically, it's to be expected.

[LibDemAlways]

24. Is there some sort of rule that morons in

Virginia need to name their kids after prominent Confederate generals? Jackson, as in Stonewall? I bring this up because former Virginia governor and senator George "macaca" Allen named his only son Forrest, as in KKK founder Nathan Bedford Forrest. Coincidence? Probably not.

[Beacool]

30. Seriously?

He named his son after the founder of the KKK??? Wow...........

[LibDemAlways]

34. His daughters are Tyler and Brooke.

Robert Charles Tyler was the last Confederate general slain in battle. Richard Brooke Garnett from Virginia was a Confederate general killed at Gettysburg.

I was in George Allen's high school graduating class in Southern California. He was the only kid who drove around with Confederate flag stickers on his car and a bat he called his n____r knocker. He also wore a stars and bars lapel pin in his senior photo. However, he is best remembered by classmates for being busted for spray painting racist graffiti on the school walls. He was a real piece of work even then. So yes, the name Forrest definitely reflects his sensibilities - or lack thereof.

[Beacool]

46. The guy sounds like a total bigot and racist.

It's disgusting to think that he became governor and senator.

[ScreamingMeemie]

32. My uncle's name is Forrest.

It's a family name. Nothing to do with the KKK. He's the coolest motorcycle riding 73 year old you'll ever meet.

[LibDemAlways]

35. I dated someone in high school named Forrest. It's a perfectly respectable name.

However, in George Allen's case I am 100% sure that it was chosen to honor his Confederate KKK hero.

[blkmusclmachine]

25. Call Child Protective Services.

[arthritisR_US]

29. Bigotry and hatred are learned because their

ignorance never permits them to elevation to enlightenment.

[freshwest]

31. +100

[quinnox]

33. OMG

Let's be blunt, she looks like "trailer trash".

[spanone]

38. ignorance breeding ignorance

[napkinz]

40. and then there is THIS disgusting story --->

Dressed in KKK attire, lynching President Obama:







The latest in totally irresponsible, totally racist Halloween costumes has come to light in Hyndman, Pennsylvania, where this photo of Pennsylvania men dressing up as the Ku Klux Klan and lynching President Barack Obama was posted on Facebook.

Shared with the Baltimore Sun by (redacted) HERE, this picture sparked instant debate about the “racism” of the gesture, because some people felt that others should see the humour of a bunch of men dressing up like the KKK and pretending to lynch President Obama, America’s first and current black president. One Hyndman local had this to say about people’s reaction to the photo:

- See more at: http://www.classwarfareexists.com/pa-men-dress-up-as-kkk-lynching-president-obama-at-hillbilly-haven/


VILE, VILE, VILE!

[Brigid]

44. What is wrong with these people?

A visit from the Secret Service is in order.

[Beacool]

47. I'm just speechless.

I don't even know what to say to that. Vile is the word!!!!

[polichick]

49. How many people gave him candy?

[Jamaal510]

50. Anybody else here find it ironic that

a woman whose last name is "Black" had her child dress as a KKK member for Halloweeen?

[JesterCS]

52. So the family tradition

Is Hate, Ignorance, and stupidity? sounds about right

[appleannie1]

53. She takes the word stupid to a whole new level. If she has a daughter she will probably name her

Honey Boo Boo after her favorite TV show too.

[Beacool]

63. Actually, I think that Honey Boo Boo's family has better values than this woman.

I have never watched that train wreck of a show, but I read a few things that Honey's mother wrote about raising children and they were better than I expected. The one thing that she should do, though, is change the family's eating habits. She's morbidly obese and her daughter is following the same path. That's one chubby child.

[Faygo Kid]

54. 'It's suppose to be white with white. Black with black. Man with woman and all of that.'

The GOP loves low information voters like this.

They can be counted on to vote against their best interests every time.

[Beacool]

60. That sounds like the Tea Party in a nutshell.

I guess we all know who she will vote for on Tuesday. That is, if she can get her butt to the voting site in the first place.

[MagnumUK]

57. Obviously

a Republican family.

[Beacool]

61. Not a mainstream Republican, a Tea Party Republican.

[avebury]

62. You had better believe that had she

brought her child to my door for trick or treating I would have kicked them off of my property pretty darn fast. I would have no problem telling her what a disgusting piece of **** I thought that she was and that someone should report her to Child Protective Services.

[Beacool]

64. I feel for the boy, it's not his fault.

If that kid had shown up at my door I would have given him candy, but I would have had a few choice words for the mother. Racist redneck!!!

[avebury]

65. I would not have given the kid any candy

and I would have told him why. His costume was totally inappropriate he needs to start to learn that stuff like that is totally unacceptable in civilized society. He is obviously the result of poor parenting.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

66. Good lord

The woman has stupid written all over her face.

[Ganja Ninja]

68. Bad taste is a Family Tradition.

My guess is, so is inbreeding.