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Yeah I'm the old guy back in school. I know you're a lot smarter than your persona here, you're welcome.Studying it for school? Degree?
I didn't know that either but believe me I looked it up after you made this thread and learned something new, thanks.
However I take history like it is. Teddy was born in 1858... things were just different then. Coupled with that, he was born in New York, not Arkansas. I'm pretty sure the average person back then were indoctrinated with certain beliefs. Yes Teddy is a face on Mt. Rushmore and was a POTUS... higher standard right? Well, like all Presidents, they are human beings, nobody is perfect. Look at Obama, his pastor of 20 years was racist and anti-American... 20 years of feeding Barack and Mr. Obama became President. Nobody is perfect... this doesn't excuse Teddy but he's a man of his time.
Definitely a product of his time, it's just that he was pretty egalitarian for his time (toward Americans anyway) even if he was racist by our standards and privately more racist than he let on. That's one area where I had some appreciation for the guy.