But then, The KKK was started by the equivalent of today's White Liberal demonicRATS.
The KKK was founded as the army of the Democrat Party.
The oppression of minorities is the core base of what made it a major party. After slavery ended they didn’t change their views, just their tactics. Their policies have kept minorities poor and stuck being poor by design in order to control them - with great success - more than 90% of the vote almost every election.