History Minute (092): The origins of Races in KKK thought -- part 3

A third theory of race in KKK thought -- the one most frequently articulated by Klansmen -- is that of all the world's races and their distinct nations, God chose superior British men of the Nordic race and guided them intimately in establishing the United States as racially pure people that is to be devoted to God. Americans of the Nordic race, this view holds, are the new "chosen people" and in America would regenerate the defiled Nordic race through racial purity and adherence to what they view as the "Word of God" in the Bible.

By the second half of the 19th century, in light of the outcome of the Civil War, this interpretation of American history pervaded American society. Many White Protestants articulated the racial myth that they are a people chosen by God to pursue the sacred mission to glorify the United States as the Promised Land for the people of the Nordic race. This meant they had (have) a divine mission to prevent miscegenation, and thereby preserve the "divine order". Every Klansman should act as a patriotic Christian.  

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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21567689.2020.1809384