Presidents Behaving Badly

It’s election time, so Dr. Carol François and her niece Kourtney Square decided to jump in with a special episode looking at systemic racism in the American presidency. The highest office of the land should be one of objectivity and fairness, since whoever holds the title of president represents all Americans. Down through history, however, some U.S. presidents have not governed on behalf of all the citizenry. François and Square highlight some of the more egregious examples of systemic racism straight from the Oval Office. Want more, take our course Systemic Racism: See it, Say it, Confront it at www.whyaretheysoangry.com and find us anywhere at https://linktr.ee/WATSA Citations “A history of racism is woven into the US presidency,” Russell Contreras, Associated Press, July 30, 2019. https://apnews.com/article/b0fe304f1fad44e19e5ff4490ad1110c “How the GI Bill was denied to a million black WWII veterans,” Erin Blakemore, The History Channel, Updated Sept. 30, 2019. “Joe Biden calls Trump the country’s ‘first’ racist president,” Will Wiessert, Associated Press, July 22, 2020. Lincoln & Race: The Great Emancipator didn't advocate racial equality. But was he a racist?, Stacy Pratt McDermott, NPR Illinois Morning Edition, FEB 1, 2004. “Presidents have a long history of condescension, indifference and outright racism towards black Americans,” The Conversation, August, 26, 2020. “The 11 Most Racist U.S. Presidents,” Ibram X. Kendi, Huffpost,05/27/2016 Updated May 28, 2017 “Trump condemns ‘all White supremacists’ after refusing to do so at presidential debate,” Paul LeBlanc, CNN, Oct. 1, 2020. When Affirmative Action Was White: An Untold History of Racial Inequality in Twentieth-Century, Ira Katznelson, W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint Edition, August 17, 2006. #blacklivesmatter #racism #antiracism #justice #racisminamerica #endracism #diversity #inclusion #whyaretheysoangry #president #scandal #whitesupremacy #rutherfordbhayes #americanpolitics