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Let me try talking to the other imperial wizard here. jim shealy's not covering his face. finally a klansman with high self-esteem. >> have you had black people here before to witness this? >> no. you'll actually be the first black man that's 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 don't -- >> no, we don't burn it. it's called a cross lighting. >> i'm sorry. so how often do you do this,...

Cross burning later. but first, if you search the internet for kkk, some of the top stories you'll find are about a small town you've probably never heard of. so i'm headed back to arkansas. the town of harrison has a population that is 96% white. and it's 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 northern arkansas sparking nationwide controversy. it's sparked local outrage, some calling it racist. people say it reminds them of a very un...

Member of the temptations is so old he's sitting on a stool the whole time. dancing his ass off. [ laughter ] ain't too proud to beg. so i think i can't just judge the klan by this one dude. i've got to go talk to more klan members. which is the first time a black guy's 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 working-class town. but for decades the kkk and their neo-nazi buddies have used a property just outside of town for their rallies. and tonigh...

Depot and buying the wood? >> we tried it before and the wood goes up pretty fast. >> don't get your cross at home depot for the cross lighting. >> we're 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, you're going real fast. you're going to lose a lot of fuel. we call it klansman's 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. it's satin. >> what's a good price on a klan robe in. >> $125. >> $125. >> ...

For years. part of this dates to or attributes to us as african-americans i think that there has been a hair trigger with regard to charges of racism in the news. i think of the gentleman in the washington d.c. mayor's office who used the word niggardly which means sticker and has no association to the racial slur and two weeks of uproar over that which was a waste of political capital. with that said, there are people who would not admit to racism until there's a cross burning and even then they would make excuses for it and now many of those people are in power and in our government. >> i'm ...