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Sources Say Klan Members Weren’t Paid For Being On A&E’s “Generation KKK” Docuseries

<p>A&amp&semi;E has been receiving backlash after word of it&&num;8217&semi;s new docuseries on the KKK was announced&period; Well&comma; if it lightens up conversation&comma; word on the street is none of the Klan participants received a dime from the show&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>A &&num;8220&semi;Generation KKK&&num;8221&semi; production source tells TMZ&comma; that because the show was created as a documentary none of the families involved were paid&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also&comma; while many thought A&amp&semi;E&&num;8217&semi;s agenda behind the show was to give hatred a platform&comma;  we have learned that it may be quite the opposite&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;m&period;tmz&period;com&sol;&num;article&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;22&sol;generation-kkk-show-not-paid&sol;">Via TMZ&comma;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Production sources tell TMZ &&num;8230&semi; the families profiled on the show agreed because they feel they&&num;8217&semi;re misunderstood&period; They somehow want to convince viewers they are not a racist group but rather a &&num;8220&semi;race preservation group&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>You can catch a snippet for the trailer below<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;m&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;ebc&equals;ANyPxKqKmlexxebuguLYYq2PZXppXURfhL4J0FjPfBIGa-6PSsOaAkAOohRagpmDfKM3TIf4nNLHt&lowbar;MwDLumRtCop9ftVtW&lowbar;rg&&num;038&semi;v&equals;lvnaGbZYngI">https&colon;&sol;&sol;m&period;youtube&period;com&sol;watch&quest;ebc&equals;ANyPxKqKmlexxebuguLYYq2PZXppXURfhL4J0FjPfBIGa-6PSsOaAkAOohRagpmDfKM3TIf4nNLHt&lowbar;MwDLumRtCop9ftVtW&lowbar;rg&amp&semi;v&equals;lvnaGbZYngI<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let&&num;8217&semi;s chat  below&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>TSR STAFF&colon; Debra Oh&excl; &commat;The&lowbar;Ebony&lowbar;Issue on IG<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Source&colon; http&colon;&sol;&sol;m&period;tmz&period;com&sol;&num;article&sol;2016&sol;12&sol;22&sol;generation-kkk-show-not-paid&sol;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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