With this in mind, "The Klan's goals included political defeat of the Republican Party and the maintenance of absolute white supremacy in response to newly gained civil and political rights by southern blacks after the Civil War" (Bryant 2014). Today, the Klan lay claim to another approach that differs from their original mission. They want to regain a more peaceful world through "solidarity in white communities around the world" (Pastor Thomas Robb). While the Klan used many violent tactics in the past in order to intimidate others, such as lynching, they have managed to keep a low profile in recent years. They still continue to gain followers. .
The Mexican Cartel (see figure 1.0) has been problematic to Mexico since 2006 according to CNN's "Mexico Drug War Fast Facts" published in 2014. They claim that more than 60,000 people have been killed from 2006 to 2012 due to the drug war and that Ninety percent of the cocaine that enters the U.S. transits through Mexico. Clearly, the Mexican Cartel's main goal is to transport drugs throughout North America. Some major cartels in Mexico include Los Zetas Cartel, the Gulf Cartel, and the Sinaloa Cartel. Major groups like these fight each other for territory in Mexico, which is where the violence and death comes from. They fight each other for this territory in order to achieve one goal: money, which they make up to $19 to $29 billion a year of.
Historical Context.
The Ku Klux Klan formed in 1965, or December 24th to be exact. The group started small, but it is now one of America's top terrorist groups. In 1964 three civil rights workers by the name of James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner were trapped and shot to death with the support of the local police in Meridien, Mississippi. In 1963, there was a bomb planted in a Baptist Church in Birmingham, Alabama. Four young girls were killed, Addie Mae Collins, Cynthia Wesley and Carole Robertson and Denise McNair.