Maine has quite a history with the KKK and not all in the conveniently distant past. I am not comparing Maine's history with other states, other places. And let me be clear, I think we have to own our history so we can move forward. To examine it. To examine our relationship to race. To ask how this may impact people of color and as urgently ask how this in any way shapes us, shapes me as a white person. To begin to understand how this lives in our lives, in our culture today. I think we need to own our attempt at genocide of indigenous people HERE. To own our history of white supremacy HERE no matter how removed we may feel from white supremacy. So, that's why I post this. Maybe a few others, like me, unfamiliar with this state's history could be informed.
https://maineanencyclopedia.com/ku-klux-klan/
Outside Portland Police Station. Post Protest.