Newly released Nixon tape includes Nixon and Reagan using racist language

[GMDino]

(08-02-2019, 11:20 AM)Beaker Wrote: Reagan and Nixon are both dead. Move on. Deal with today's issues.

Part of "today's issues" are people who are racist.

This isn't "slavery was 150 years ago".

I mean while it is no surprise Saint Ron and Tricky Dick were racist they are still Presidents in our lifetime.  Reagan was the last President elected before I could vote.

And he was calling black people monkeys less than ten years before being elected POTUS.

There's absolutely nothing wrong (IMHO) in going back and showing that some of these officials policies and ideas were influenced by their racist opinions and trying to make sure we have less of that going forward.