While I'm being particularly candid.......... I just learned something last nite. Even at my advanced age. Partially because this has been "hidden" for nearly 20 years! I also learned how WRONG I was when I advocated Reagan for POTUS when I was young. I owe many family members and my entire neighborhood (wherein I campaigned for Reagan) an apology.
I also learned just how LONG the Republican party has been the (silent) home of my white male racist brethren.
"I'm a white man looking in a black man's eyes,
wishing I'd never been one of the guys" quotation courtesy of Jason Isbell
The FACTS are as follows:
In October, 1971, the United Nations voted to recognize the People's Republic of China as "China" (instead of Taiwan).
Following the vote taken on the floor by the U.N. a group of Tanzanian delegates began dancing with joy.
The FOLLOWING day, Ronald Reagan while Governor of California had a private conversation with Pres. Richard Nixon during which, referencing the Tanzanian delegation's dancing Reagan uttered the following words of ??? (I call it racist garbage)
"...to see those, those monkeys from those African countries----damn them, they're still uncomfortable wearing shoes!"
I apologize for ever supporting the Republican party.
The place ALL the good racists have ran to and infiltrated.
They've NOW taken control of the G.O.P............. which just isn't so GRAND any longer.
Instead, it's the refuge for racists and bigots and the frightened of skin color too dark.
7/31/2019 12:50 PM (edited)