https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409 Made with charisma en-us 2019-04-08 16:55:43 UTC 2019-04-16 03:55:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/349609438 Entire Book:  Ordinary situations or aspects of life do not always have the expected causes or effects.
Chapter 2:  Both real estate agents and the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) incite fear through their informational advantage in order to gain power over others.
Connection:  Few people tie the KKK and real estate agents  together in their minds; however, the similarities in their tactics are mind boggling. Understanding the strategies of the KKK allows the reader to correlate this informational imbalance to a real estate agent's strategies.]]> 2019-04-08 17:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/349609438 silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/350458176 The author tells the backstory of the KKK, the etymology of its name, and the evolution of its goals in order to reveal the Klan's intricacies to the reader.
TE:
"...the Ku Klux Klan has had a markedly up-and-down history... the name they chose, 'kuklux,' a slight mangling of kuklos, the Greek word for 'circle...' But soon the Klan evolved into a multistate terrorist organization..." 
(Levitt 51)]]> 2019-04-10 17:04:26 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/350458176 silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/350877425 Levitt includes references to history and the KKK's influence on the nation to exemplify its success in establishing widespread fear in the nation.
TE:
"If the Klan itself was defeated, however, its aims had largely been achieved through the establishment of Jim Crow laws... The Ku Klux Klan lay largely dormant until 1915, when D. W. Griffith's film The Birth of a Nation helped spark its rebirth... The film quoted a line from A History of the American People, written by... president Woodrow Wilson..." 
(Levitt 52-]]> 2019-04-11 17:08:56 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/350877425 silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351731507 The author uses examples of how the clan operated to show its goals and methods. 
TE:
"...the klan was a secret society, reveling in passwords and cloak-and-dagger ploys..." (Levitt 53).]]> 2019-04-15 17:00:17 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351731507 silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351731509 The Klan "burned a 300-foot cross on the face of Stone Mountain..." (Levitt 53). The "extravagant cross burning" was a symbol of the fear-mongering that was prevalent in KKK encounters (Levitt 53).]]> 2019-04-15 17:00:18 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351731509 silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351866300 Levitt references the firsthand account of Stetson Kennedy to follow the story of how the Klan was unmasked, revealing its secrets.  This infiltration by a relative of a person of power in the group shows their lack of structure and the facade of power and intimidation.
TE:
"Atlanta--the Imperial City of the KKK's Invisible Empire, in Klan jargon--was also home to Stetson Kennedy, a thirty year-old man with the bloodlines of a Klansman but a temperment that ran opposite..." (Levitt 54).]]> 2019-04-16 03:39:33 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351866300 silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351867200 The graph on page 56, compiled by the Tuskegee Institute, appeals to Levitt's Ethos of credibility by calling on the research of a well renowned institution to corroborate his opinions. The statistics on black lynchings shows that, although fear was prevalent, it was irrationally spread to give the Klan power.]]> 2019-04-16 03:46:16 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351867200 silasnewton https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351868032 Levitt extends his argument to include not only the KKK but also real estate agents and their knack for including certain appealing words to draw buyers in, while also manipulating their client by not selling houses for maximum price.
TE:
"So a big part of a real-estate agent's job, it would seem, is to persuade the homeowner to sell for less than he would like while at the same time letting potential buyers know that a house can be bought for less than its listing price." (Levitt 70).]]> 2019-04-16 03:51:58 UTC https://padlet.com/silasnewton/bfjfpp00u409/wish/351868032