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And not just Jews and Japanese….Franklin the racist Roosevelt stuck his finger in the eye of black Americans as well. His first choice for Supreme Court Justice was KKKer, Hugo Black.
a. "... [Hugo] Black was head of new members for
the largest Klan cell in the South. New members of the KKK had to pledge their allegiance to the “eternal separation of Church and State.”... Separation was a crucial part of the KKK’s jurisprudential agenda. It was included in the Klansman’s Creed..."
http://egnorance.blogspot.com/2011/10/hugo-black-and-real-history-of-wall-of.html]
Let's remind all, again, that
the KKK was an arm of the Democrat Party post-Civil War...and, clearly, continued to be so through Roosevelt's time.
b. Hugo Black was his first selection, in 1937. Black was a multi-faceted hater....
This KKK Senator from Alabama wrote the majority decision on Korematsu v. US; in 1967, he said
‘They all look alike to a person not a Jap.” Engage: Conversations in Philosophy: "They all look alike to a person not a Jap"*: The Legacy of Korematsu at OSU
Shortly after Black's appointment to the Supreme Court,
Ray Sprigle of the
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette wrote a series of
articles revealing Black's involvement in the Klan, for which he won a
Pulitzer Prize.
[107] The first article in the series was published on Sept 13, 1937, barely a month after Black's appointment and shortly after his confirmation. Titled "Justice Black Revealed as Ku Klux Klansman,"
[108] the article described how Black's resignation from the Klan "was the first move of his campaign for the
Democratic nomination for United States Senator from Alabama."
At a press conference on Sept 14 1937,
Roosevelt was asked about whether he had knowledge of Black's involvement with the Ku Klux Klan. He responded in part, “I know only what I have read in the newspapers…Mr. Justice Black is abroad. Until such time as he returns there is no further comment to be made.”
[109]
On Sept 21 1937, FDR was again asked during a press conference about whether or not he had communications with Hugo Black regarding his
involvement in the Ku Klux Klan. Again, FDR denied speaking with Hugo Black, and when asked about whether the Department of Justice should be "charged automatically" with investigating Supreme Court appointments, FDR said in part, "No, certainly not...a man's private life is supposed to be his private life..."
On Sept 21, 1937, Hugo Black was “besieged” by reporters. He said, “If I make any statement it will be in a way the people can hear me and understand what I have to say, and not have to depend on some parts of the press which might fail to report all I have to say.”
Hugo Black - Wikipedia
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ranklin Roosevelt not only placed a KKKer on the Supreme Court, but he has a well documented history of antipathy to blacks, Jews and Asian.
Franklin Roosevelt....Democrat demigod.