Have you ever met anyone in the KKK?

I grew up in rural Louisiana. Without argument my hometown was the definition of the "Deep South". 50%+ black. Lot's of tension. My mother grew up in the Mississippi Delta. A place full of racial animus. I spent many of my summers there as a child.

I am 36 years old. Never in my life have I had a conversation with a person who claimed to be a part of or have ever been a part of the KKK. I have met true, ardent racists who were completely open about their contempt for other races. Yet none of them every said they were a part of or even supported the KKK.

Now somehow, in 2020, the media is giving us almost weekly reports of KKK members in far flung leftists conclaves such as Seattle.

I find it hard to believe that there are large swaths of underground, organized racists all across this country, when I have never been able to locate them in what should have been the hot bed for their existence.