Cruise staff seemingly dressed up as white supremacist Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members during a Christmas-themed event, horrifying passengers as they marched by the swimming pool.

Members of staff on a cruise in Australia dressed up in white outfits and pointed hoods, similar to those worn by the Ku Klux Klan (KKK), leaving passengers shocked.

Passengers claimed that staff on a cruise line wore Ku Klux Klan gear. (Screengrab) The incident occurred on a P&O Cruises Australia vessel on December 19 during a Christmas-themed event.

P&O Cruises Australia apologized after costumes worn by crew members were "misconstrued" as similar to Ku Klux Klan hoods. The employees were dressed as snow cones for a family Christmas event ...

P&O Cruises Australia found itself at the center of a controversy after crew members’ costumes were mistaken for Ku Klux Klan attire during a holiday-themed event. During a Christmas-themed ...

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Crew aboard an Australian cruise ship have been accused of dressing up in Ku Klux Klan-like costumes for a Christmas-themed event. But a spokeswoman for P&O Cruises Australia said the staff did ...

An Australian cruise line issued an apology after footage surfaced online of staff dressed up as Ku Klux Klan members. Video shared on Facebook shows what appear to be a group of eight people in ...

P&O Cruises Australia has said that pointed white hoods worn by cruise ship staff at a Christmas costume party were “upside-down snow cones” not the Ku Klux Klan.