Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley claimed the US has “never been a racist county” during an interview with Fox News on Tuesday.

  • RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Ummm… partial credit.

    You should have mentioned that those poorer northern farmers were mostly former indentured workers who weren’t allowed to resettle in the southern areas due to stigma against them.

    Of course, Ms. Haley would probably also mention that that was pre-revolution and thus doesn’t really count.

    She’s also stated that the civil war was a states rights issue (blerg) and also doesn’t count.

    You know what would count, though?

    The Asian Exclusion acts of 1875, 1885, 1917, and 1924. All of which had popular support.