At the risk of sounding cynical and sarcastic at the same time, I would doubt
any of our KKK folk could even find Spain on a map, much less know its history.
<g> Still and all, could be something to it. All it takes is one educated bigot.
On Apr 12, 2012, at 12:11 PM, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> I looked up a couple of Spanish sites, and the capirote (as the pointy hat
> is called) can be traced back to Seville in the 14th century. How the KKK
> adopted it, I don't know--perhaps they liked the Spanish because they had
> kicked up the Moors and the Jews during and immediately following the
> Reconquista in the 1400s?
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