KKK Snowmen Booted from eBay

KKK snowmen booted from eBay

NEW YORK, Nov. 17 (UPI) -- The auction Web site eBay has kicked off a New York entrepreneur selling Ku Klux Klan figurines with detachable hoods.

The crude "KKK Snowmen and Snow-women" were going for a starting bid of $13.77, the New York Daily News reported.

"He's made of clay and stands a nice size at 5" tall," the seller described one figurine. "He is in his white gown (some people like to call them sheets) and hood, which is removable for your viewing pleasure."

An eBay spokeswoman, Catherine England, told the Daily News that the site bans offensive items. But she said that with 105 million items on the site at any given time and 6 million added every day, eBay is unable to do a complete screening.

The site learned of the Klan figurines from the Daily News.

Previous KKK items that have turned up on eBay include a knife bearing a Ku Klux Klan shield, an antique hood and a T-shirt with a picture of a burning cross.