No cherry picking necessary......the definition you cite is compatible with the one I posted.

Ms Harris does NOT say or imply that all Southerners are racists or members of the KKK.  She notes that she believed the KKK was almost exclusively found in the South.  She then notes that the burning cross on the sorority lawn taught her than the KKK and racial prejudice was also found right here in Oregon.  

"During the civil rights era, Klan activity again became concentrated in the South, and much of the KKK’s most brutal violence took place against Southern civil rights forces. But the group’s strongholds were not in rural locales. They were in and around cities such as Birmingham, Ala., Greensboro, N.C., Raleigh, N.C., and Jacksonville, Fla.

In the ensuing decades, the KKK’s geographic reach has again broadened. Today, the Southern Poverty Law Center’s comprehensive “hate map” locates active KKK units in 34 states, from New England to the West Coast. " 5 Myths about the KKK
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