06-23-2020, 03:47 AM
(06-22-2020, 10:28 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: He's a good dude for sure, but that statue was atrocious. It definitely did not portray Teddy accurately when it came to his position on race in the early 1900's.
That was some Woodrow Wilson level white supremacy. This is the man who hosted the first black man for a meal in the White House and they have him leading a naked black guy at his feet.
It's complicated.
TR was a white supremacist who opposed slavery and supported gradual, long term equality for blacks.