Ronson

In this piece Ronson tells a story of him meeting a Ku Klux Klan member. He tells this story as if he is just observing the Klan, and throughout the whole story he doesn't judge what the leader Thom is actually saying. Thom the leader, as Ronson describes, seems to want to be know as a "good and kind" klansman group. Thom wants them to look friendly, so they can gain political power. Also if they look friendly they will gain the trust of the feminine masses, therefore gaining more political power. Thom also says that he doesn't want his klans members to call black people by the "N" word, he thinks that word reflects badly on the entire klan, which in Thom's opinion will not help them achieve their overall goal.

I liked this piece, and I thought it was really interesting. I thought Thom's leadership ideas were very different than that of a usual klansman. Instead of thinking, do we hate negroes? Thom has this idea that instead of saying you hate negroes, you love white people. I don't agree with the Ku Klux Klan in anyway, but I believe that in this piece Ronson shows us that not all klansman think in the same way, that some aren't as racist as we all believe them to be.