a "SPACE" all to HIMSELF?
When it came to "aiding and abetting" JIM CROW, William Howard Taft, the fourth of five Ohio-based JIM CROW Presidents, was not "covered" in my BLOG yesterday, because he deserved more "space"! At 332 pounds in body weight, one might "think" so, actually. Taking office, following Teddy Roosevelt, in 1909, the list of devious deeds taken to oppress African American Citizens, and support the Jim Crow South, are quite astounding! (Teddy Roosevelt served between McKinley and Taft. Taft served as Roosevelt's Vice-President.). The List:
Taft promised (as did T. Roosevelt, before him), "not to offend the white South by appointments that conflicted with their racial values.:
Taft (continuing T. Roosevelt's Policy), declined "to enforce the Constitution's 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments."
Several actions involving "colored troops" (known today as Buffalo Soldiers) taken by Taft, both as President, and as Governor-General of the Philippines were racially discriminatory.
Taft continued Roosevelt's Policy of using Booker T. Washington to keep "held-down", any Advancement of African Americans , "insisting that the "strict enforcement" of the 15th amendment need not "involve the amalgamation of the race - nor involve social association or equality" under conditions of "negro domination"
http://www.blacksandpresidency.com/williamtaft.php
Stay Vigilant! There is the South, and their racial history and values (that keep producing products like Dillyan Roof); there is the North and West "Red" versions of this behavior and belief system -- but "Ohio" seems to be a "system" unto itself! It remains a "must-win" State for Presidential Candidates!
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