Thomas Jefferson wrote that blacks smelled and were incapable of creating poetry. Woodrow Wilson screened the racist film “Birth of a Nation” at the White House. Throughout US history, presidents have made moves critics said were racist #twitterstorianshttps://apnews.com/b0fe304f1fad44e19e5ff4490ad1110c …
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I can't tell if this article is meant to exculpate Trump's racism by saying "but other presidents did it, too" or if it's basically saying "we haven't seen racists like this in the Oval since before the Civil Rights Act".
It's a story about history and facts about past presidents largely unknown to the general public. The reader can make up her/his/shim own mind about the other factors.
