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11. Most historians regard Wilson as the most racist.

Thu Jan 11, 2018, 06:51 PM

Jan 2018

He re-segregated federal departments that previous Presidents had integrated. He hosted the KKK movie Birth of a Nation in the White House.

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Has Donald Trump supplanted Richard Nixon as the most racist American president ever ? [View all] DemocratSinceBirth Jan 2018 OP

Oh, yeah. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2018 #1

Plus Trump is not president during the 60s uponit7771 Jan 2018 #3

nixon would be considered progressive liberal in 2018 AlexSFCA Jan 2018 #4

good point! ollie10 Jan 2018 #10

Andrew Johnson is more like Trump than Nixon Greybnk48 Jan 2018 #5

Indeed. MrsMatt Jan 2018 #13

Agree MiniMe Jan 2018 #17

He's light-years ahead dalton99a Jan 2018 #6

I am guessing the slave owners would win that award GulfCoast66 Jan 2018 #7

Trumps not even close to the slave owning presidents Kaleva Jan 2018 #8

Sorry, but this is not an accurate question. Vogon_Glory Jan 2018 #9

Most historians regard Wilson as the most racist. former9thward Jan 2018 #11

Andrew Jackson and Thomas Jefferson are still the top two. Spider Jerusalem Jan 2018 #12

Hes in the top five. roamer65 Jan 2018 #14

An award he would love to have regardless of who actually is. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #15