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...first glance, Robb seems miscast in the role of a Klan leader. Like his role model David Duke, the Imperial Wizard turned politician, Robb has traded in his pointed hood and robe for a well-worn gray suit and dingy wing tips. Like Duke, he has altered the Klan's hate-filled message to make it more palatable. Robb's white supremacy emphasizes love for the white race rather than hatred for blacks and other minorities. While Robb lacks Duke's telegenic looks, he shares his flair for attracting attention, and his plans for expanding the Klan's influence rival...
...catch a glimpse into Robb's weird world can find themselves at a rally listening to a fledgling neo-Nazi discuss with a robed Klansman the religious primacy of the white race. A few steps away, a young Kluxer-in- training, his eyes peering out through slits in his hood, explains the history of a camouflaged Klanmobile, a trashed-out Ford Grenada loaded with ham-radio equipment and emblazoned with slogans like WHITE POWER and PRAISE GOD FOR AIDS...
...with his boys and a loudspeaker system, a regular racist road show, holding rallies from Georgia to Colorado. He will probably draw more protesters, TV crews and publicity, which will bolster his membership, increase his profits and, of course, foment hatred and violence. Whether the Klan wears a hood and a robe or a business suit, its message is unchanged...
...recent violence in Los Angeles, says Ice-T, "only vindicated what I've been rapping about for years. I have been one of the voices from the 'hood trying to let you know what kids on the street are thinking." To him, the riots in the wake of the Rodney King verdict were predictable. "If you didn't expect the rebellion after such a miscarriage of justice, then it just shows how out of touch...
Latest hot item in stores across the country: fashions from South Central L.A.'s Cross Colours. The all-cotton duds sport slogans urging youths to stop gang violence (PEACE N THE HOOD) and stay in school (EDUCATION IS THE KEY). Best message: owners Carl Jones and T.J. Walker's success. They expect to gross $40 million this year...