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♪ >> i realize this new klan isnt as powerful as the old klan. but there is an undeniable power to this image that is even more undeniable when you see it up close. i actually feel lucky. unlike most of the black people in the history of this country who have been present for a who have been present for a cross burning, i get to leave. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

[ laughter ] the only guy whos an original member of the temptations is so old hes sitting on a stool the whole time. dancing his ass off. [ laughter ] aint too proud to beg. so i think i cant just judge the klan by this one dude. ive got to go talk to more klan members. which is the first time a black guys ever said that sentence in life. [ laughter ] >> my next stop on the "where are they now" klan edition is dawson springs, kentucky. walking the streets, it feels like any quaint southern work...

Wood goes up pretty fast. >> dont get your cross at home depot for the cross lighting. >> were not racist against home depot whatsoever. >> i love that you have sensitivity around home depot. >> absolutely, man. a little more. not so fast, man. dude, youre going real fast. youre going to lose a lot of fuel. we call it klansmans cologne. most of the robes i have have kerosene on them. except for this one. >> you want to keep this one nice. >> yeah, i do, man. its satin. >> whats a good price on a...

Jim shealys not covering his face. finally a klansman with high self-esteem. >> have you had black people here before to witness this? >> no. youll actually be the first black man thats attended to a cross lighting. >> okay. >> the first thing that any man or woman learns when they join a klan group is how to wrap the cross. these robes are part of who we are. the cross lighting is part of who we are. >> so when you burn a cross you dont -- >> no, we dont burn it. its called a cross lighting. >>...

[ laughter ] >> dont worry, well get to the cross burning later. but first, if you search the internet for kkk, some of the top stories youll find are about a small town youve probably never heard of. so im headed back to arkansas. the town of harrison has a population that is 96% white. and its known for still having an active ku klux klan presence. what kind of vibe will i get here? will i see some kind of sign of modern-day racism? >> ta-da. >> the controversial billboard up in harrison in no...

You can mix the colors and it still tastes okay. >> yeah. >> but if you separate the colors and then taste the individual flavors, its even better. >> so are you telling me that when you have a bag of skittles you separate all the colors before you eat them? >> every time. >> im waiting on a klansman to bring me some kerosene so i can soak it. >> what do you have to do to get a klansman some kerosene. >> you cut down a tree for the cross. >> yes. some people do metal crosses. its like a plastic ...

>> no, i understand. >> were pro-white, 100%. we only work on our race. >> mm-hmm. >> the other mud races, leave us alone. thats all ive got to tell you is just leave us alone. >> mud races? theres got to be a funny comeback for that. ive got nothing. let me try talking to the other imperial wizard here. jim shealys not covering his face. finally a klansman with high self-esteem. >> have you had black people here before to witness this? >> no. youll actually be the first black man thats attended...

Ago. and its not the same. thats like the klan. its not the same. i once saw the temptations. used to be five guys. now its four. you know, its not the original guys because one of thems white and the other dudes in his 20s. [ laughter ] the only guy whos an original member of the temptations is so old hes sitting on a stool the whole time. dancing his ass off. [ laughter ] aint too proud to beg. so i think i cant just judge the klan by this one dude. ive got to go talk to more klan members. whi...

Inciting violence but not an explicit threat. under the 2002 cross burning decision of the supreme court, the cross burning itself was deemed by the court to be inciting violence. this is a close call. theres no question about it, but i dont think the university has the obligation to let people on campus who hurl racial epithets at others. the right does this, too. you think jerry fowl lets anybody on the campus of liberty university? i do not. susan has a good point. we do not want to have a un...

Go and have a conversation about what policies out of washington do to real people, on moral mondays, and replicate that in all 50 states. >> there is a march in january 14th, many of us around the king weekend, what will justice be like under president obama? president trump, rather, and attorney general sessions? >> thats the fear, right? there is the unknown and the known. when president obama became president, he was the unknown. he was the first black president, people didnt know what to ex...