Jimdamick
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Ronald Reagan called representatives of an African country’s government “monkeys” in a 1971 telephone call with then-President Richard Nixon, according to a newly released recording of the private conversation.
The National Archives released audio of the call between Nixon and Reagan , who was then the GOP governor of California, earlier this month.
“To see those, those monkeys from those African countries. Damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes,” Reagan told Nixon, reportedly in reference to members of the Tanzanian delegation dancing in the United Nations’ General Assembly following its vote to recognize the People’s Republic of China.
In a subsequent telephone call to then-Secretary of State William Rogers, Nixon said Reagan “saw these cannibals on television last night, and he says, ‘Christ, they weren’t even wearing shoes, and here the United States is going to submit its fate to that,’ and so forth and so on.”
Holy shit, I thought that the GOP and one of it's greatest treasures loved the Black community.
What the fuck was I thinking?
What the fuck was I thinking?
You know that Trump and his base are giving themselves high fives seeing that one of their inspirational leaders and heroes was on target almost 50 years ago, way before Trump called Black countries "shitholes".
And I thought Republicans loved the Black community, right?
I guess I was wrong
