RantCrush Top 5: December 19, 2016

A&E is making a documentary miniseries focused on the Ku Klux Klan, called “Generation KKK.” An eight-part series, it will delve into the lives of high-ranking KKK members and their families. Rob Sharenow, the general manager of A&E, acknowledges that this is dicey territory for the network to venture into, telling the New York Times: “We certainly didn’t want the show to be seen as a platform for the views of the KKK. The only political agenda is that we really do stand against hate”

But some critics say that making the docuseries in the first place is normalizing the KKK, and that’s simply not acceptable:

Generation KKK is not okay. Tell @AETV we’ll #boycottAETV until they cancel this show. Don’t normalize this. https://t.co/djyfAPjIqD

— #ImStillWithHer (@StillWithHer) December 19, 2016

There should be an immediate boycott of A&E and all of its sponsors as they normalize the KKK with a reality series. Abhorrent

— Wendell Pierce (@WendellPierce) December 19, 2016

Anneliese Mahoney

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