Time For Whites To Wake Up

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It's estimated that that the Ku Klux Klan has between 5,000 - 8,000 members. Should we not worry about them either? Because the impression that I seem to be getting is that we don't have to worry about hate groups as long as they have low numbers. Everyone seems to be getting caught up on black vs white but let me put a little perspective on things.

New Black Panther Party: Anti-white, anti-semitic, anti-gay
Nation of Islam: Anti-white, anti-semitic, anti-gay

Ku Klux Klan: Anti-black, anti-semitic, anti-gay
Aryan Nation: Anti-black, anti-semitic, anti-gay

You know, all in all, they seem pretty similar to me.

What are any of these groups going to do? Stage a coup? No. They're simply going to make as much noise as they can. That is their Constitutionally protected right. Even the ACLU has defended the Klan's right to hold rallies. They are allowed to keep marching, holding rallies, spouting their hate (as long as it's not inciting violence) for as long as they have an audience, and even after.

Here is where the KKK and the Black Panthers differ:
Historical context.
The KKK formed during Reconstruction in response to blacks legally being considered people rather than property. As a group, they are responsible for untold deaths and acts of terror.
The Black Panthers originally formed in 1966 as a radicalized response to the Civil Rights movement. There has been violence, but nowhere near that of the KKK. There has been voter intimidation, again, nowhere near the levels of the KKK. There have been deaths, and that is wrong, those responsible should be held accountable, but there were far fewer than the number of deaths credited to the KKK. The number of murders attributed to the Black Panther Party, according to their Wiki page? About 17 (some of which were murders of Black Panther members). The Black Panthers, while not exactly palatable is decidedly more palatable (in terms of crimes committed and violence incited by each organization) than the KKK. Furthermore, we are currently on our second incarnation of the Black Panthers, which has been vocal, but far less violent than the first. The KKK's three incarnations or revivals, have all been marked by violence and death, in decreasing numbers as well, but still at a much higher rate than the Black Panthers. One cannot say both the KKK and Black Panthers are equally violent, as this is simply untrue.
Another main distinction between the Black Panthers and the KKK... reality.
The KKK speak of being oppressed, of society wanting whites to feel shame about their race, of wanting to preserve the white race and protect their Christian heritage. The Black Panther's rhetoric is, admittedly, quite similar... However, there are obvious, reality based examples for the Black Panther's claims, that don't exist for the KKK, especially in the context of the American Justice system (hello, Zimmerman trial).
Currently, the US has about 7,000,000 people in the Justice system, in jail, prison, and on probation. About 70% of people in the Justice system are black or Latino. We know that all races commit crimes at roughly the same rates. But blacks and Latinos are arrested and convicted at higher rates than their white counterparts. They are also often given longer or harsher sentences (blacks are sentenced to death at a much higher rate than whites). Currently 1 in 5 black males will be incarcerated at some point in their lives. This is an ACTUAL grievance, one that was poked with a sharp pointy stick when Zimmerman was found not-guilty.
I remember an interesting conversation I had with a friend in college. Somehow we starting talking about OJ. I said that it seemed rather obvious that he had killed his wife and her friend, but the prosecution made some key errors allowing him to get off. She (she is black) admitted he was in all likelihood guilty, but it was a day of justice for blacks because of all the innocent black people that get convicted. Balancing the scales of Justice, so to speak. I'm not endorsing this, just stating an opinion I heard.
To build on that notion, the number of people on death row for killing a black person is tiny in comparison to the number of people on death row for killing a white person. There is a disparity between the seeming value of black life vs. white life in the American Justice system. Which is what groups such as the Black Panthers rally around. The KKK want to cry about losing the majority, even though whites are traditionally privileged when you look at stats of poverty levels, housing, access to education, employment, etc.
I believe we find relatively more sympathy for the side that has actual grievances to point to. The number of blacks who have been murdered by the KKK, where the KKK, either individually or as a whole, was not held responsible is high in comparison to the opposite. Add to that cases where justice was never served... Emmett Till, Rodney King, Trayvon Martin (which legally speaking, with Stand Your Ground, Zimmerman should have been acquitted, but morally... I'm not convinced), and many, many others... It has deep roots and no end in sight. When is Justice going to be equally served? That is a key message for many groups, whose memberships far outweigh that of the Panthers and attract members from all races.
Personally, I want equality in our Justice system. Currently the system is skewed in favor whites, especially well-off whites. Stop and Frisk laws, which target 90% minorities vs. whites. Police being more likely to shoot a black suspect than a white one. There are real injustices that need to be addressed. It's not possible to ignore the racial implications of these injustices.

They actually have every once in a while. White supremacists have spoken at black supremacist meetings because they actually have similar goals. Not a lot of people realize that modern white supremacist groups are no longer about getting a mob together and lynching black people. What they preach now is segregation, which is exactly what black supremacists desire as well. The New Black Panther Party wants a nation solely made up of black people, just the same as the KKK wants a nation of purely white people.

I'd like a source for this.