Tuesday, March 11, 2008

"Redneck" Shop Creates Dispute In S.Carolina

Talk about erroneous teaser headlines such as the SF Gate offers this story:
"Don't Miss: You Might Be A Redneck If...
"You Might Be A Redneck If You Shop Here."

SF Gate: A black civil rights activist is fighting to close a store that sells KKK robes and T-shirts emblazoned with racial slurs. David Kennedy is confident he can make it happen. After all, he says he owns the building.

Since 1996, the Redneck Shop has operated in an old movie theater that, according to court records, was transferred in 1997 to Kennedy and the Baptist church he leads.

"Our ownership puts an end to that history as far as violence and hatred, racism being practiced in that place and also the recruiting of the Klan," Kennedy said. "This is the same place that we had to go up into the balcony to go to the movies before the Klan took it. So there's a lot of history there."

But legal documents also indicate that the man who runs the store, 62-year-old John Howard, is entitled to operate his business in the building until he dies. Now the dispute may go to court.


The shop is called The Redneck but also states it is a museum of the history of the KKK. To associate all "rednecks" with the KKK deliberately is outrageous.

SF Gate sucks as does the KKK.

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