Episode 359 — Abe Lincoln the White Supremacist?

[JulyDiaz 2797]

Performer/writer Fran Gillespie joins Andrew all this week to answer some racism questions. Today they talk about Abraham Lincoln possibly being a white supremacist. Be sure to call us at (323) 389-RACE to ask if anything is racist.

[AndyPacheco-Fores 437]

I mean...does this caller really think that what politicians say in public about mad controversial issues in super tense times reflects their actual irl beliefs?

[Joshie 125]

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[AndyPacheco-Fores 437]

 

Lincoln's racism is also present in his letters, and anecdotes about jokes he told, etc. It wasn't just a politics thing, his private remarks had the same tone as his public statements.

 

Fair enough. Still, he believed they were human beings and it was wrong to own them, right?

[dlo burns 129]

 

 

Fair enough. Still, he believed they were human beings and it was wrong to own them, right?

 

...eventually

 

 

(I think that's the part people-now are having the hardest time with)

[Joshie 125]

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