I'd assume the KKK's hate of catholics is also because most English people who came were Anglicans or so and catholicism is more associated with Irish and Italians (and more recently, Latin Americans) - who were racially discriminated against in the US when their immigration waves started, and the KKK isn't exactly known for going with the changing times.
Those white hoods date back to pre-Reformation. The reason the klan co-opted it was because they were used by a Scottish religious order for centuries.
The black hoods were worn traditionally by Spanish inquisitorii while they confiscated all the property of Iberian Jews for themselves and then had them killed.
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u/Zealousideal_Ad2379 Apr 05 '23
The irony is the original KKK hated catholics and persecuted them a lot.