It's Time to Truly Face the Hatred of Henry Ford
Rather than try and sweep Henry Ford’s virulent racism and antisemitism under the rug, it is time to confront that history head-on.
Fifteen years ago, my family spent a leisurely Sunday at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, perusing the incredible Americana available to enjoy and experience. As we took the time to sit in the Rosa Parks bus, which sits in the museum on permanent display, I noticed an African American family sitting near us. I turned to my wife and quipped, “If Henry Ford knew that a Jewish family was sitting together with an African American family in the Rosa Parks bus in the museum that carried his name, he would be rolling in his grave.”
My wife responded with a bitter smirk as she recognized the accuracy of my painful joke. But in truth, it was and is painful, and it was not funny. Rather than try and sweep Henry Ford’s virulent racism and antisemitism under the rug, it is time to confront that history head-on.
Henry Ford wasn’t just an incredibly successful entrepreneur and industrialist. He was a virulent racist and antisemite. He not only believed and spewed hateful rhetoric about Blacks and Jews; he bought a newspaper and over the course of several years promoted the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, blaming the Jews for a myriad of evils that they ostensibly perpetrated around the globe.
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