The Westmoreland News in Colonial Beach, Virginia is out of line for this one. They recently ran an ad in their papers which contains a recruitment flyer to join the local KKK, per WTVR.
The flyer included a phone number to contact its leader and said “Wake up white America.”
Westmoreland News in Virginia ( @TheWN ) featured this #racist ad on their front page today. In 2018. In America.
This is unacceptable and should enrage every decent human. #racists #racism #WhiteSupremacy #FightRacism pic.twitter.com/vBTZ7BzThw— Jennifer Knecht (@_jenniferknecht) April 26, 2018
Police Chief Danny Plot said that Brittlynn Powell, editor of the paper, said that the ad was added so that people of Colonial Beach can see that there’s still racism. This excuse was obviously a weak one.
Resident Betty Tate Thompson said to WTVR that it was definitely free advertising for the KKK.
“They posted the whole flyer as if they were giving them free advertising. It even had the number on flyer to contact the head of the KKK. Which I thought was totally ridiculous.”
Per Newsweek, many people are boycotting the paper on their Facebook page by claiming that they did give the KKK free advertising.
America in 2018.