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Ronald Reagan’s Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon Revealed

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Ronald Reagan called United Nations delegates from African countries “monkeys” in a 1971 telephone call with then-President Richard Nixon, according to a newly released recording of the private conversation.

The National Archives released audio of the call between Nixon and Reagan, who was then the GOP governor of California, earlier this month. Nixon, dogged by the Watergate scandal, resigned the presidency in disgrace in 1974. Reagan went on to serve two terms as president in the 1980s.

“To see those, those monkeys from those African countries. Damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes,” Reagan told Nixon, reportedly in reference to members of the Tanzanian delegation dancing in the United Nations’ General Assembly following its vote to recognize the People’s Republic of China.

Reagan also reportedly lobbied Nixon during their exchange to withdraw the U.S. from the U.N. over the other members’ support of China.

In a subsequent telephone call to then-Secretary of State William Rogers, Nixon said Reagan “saw these cannibals on television last night, and he says, ‘Christ, they weren’t even wearing shoes, and here the United States is going to submit its fate to that,’ and so forth and so on.”

The National Archives first released audio of the Reagan-Nixon call, which Nixon had taped in the White House, in 2000, but Reagan’s racist comment was redacted. Reagan died at age 93 in 2004.

Tim Naftali, the director of the Nixon Presidential Library from 2007 to 2011, requested a review of the redaction. The National Archives released the full clip earlier this month, and The Atlantic shared it Tuesday, along with Naftali’s commentary.

“The past month has brought presidential racism back into the headlines,” wrote Naftali, referencing President Donald Trump’s recent racist attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and the city of Baltimore.

“This October 1971 exchange between current and future presidents is a reminder that other presidents have subscribed to the racist belief that Africans or African Americans are somehow inferior,” Naftali added. “The most novel aspect of President Donald Trump’s racist gibes isn’t that he said them, but that he said them in public.”

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Ronald Reagan’s Racist Conversation With Richard Nixon Revealed

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Ronald Reagan called United Nations delegates from African countries “monkeys” in a 1971 telephone call with then-President Richard Nixon, according to a newly released recording of the private conversation.

The National Archives released audio of the call between Nixon and Reagan, who was then the GOP governor of California, earlier this month. Nixon, dogged by the Watergate scandal, resigned the presidency in disgrace in 1974. Reagan went on to serve two terms as president in the 1980s.

“To see those, those monkeys from those African countries. Damn them, they’re still uncomfortable wearing shoes,” Reagan told Nixon, reportedly in reference to members of the Tanzanian delegation dancing in the United Nations’ General Assembly following its vote to recognize the People’s Republic of China.

Reagan also reportedly lobbied Nixon during their exchange to withdraw the U.S. from the U.N. over the other members’ support of China.

In a subsequent telephone call to then-Secretary of State William Rogers, Nixon said Reagan “saw these cannibals on television last night, and he says, ‘Christ, they weren’t even wearing shoes, and here the United States is going to submit its fate to that,’ and so forth and so on.”

The National Archives first released audio of the Reagan-Nixon call, which Nixon had taped in the White House, in 2000, but Reagan’s racist comment was redacted. Reagan died at age 93 in 2004.

Tim Naftali, the director of the Nixon Presidential Library from 2007 to 2011, requested a review of the redaction. The National Archives released the full clip earlier this month, and The Atlantic shared it Tuesday, along with Naftali’s commentary.

“The past month has brought presidential racism back into the headlines,” wrote Naftali, referencing President Donald Trump’s recent racist attacks on four Democratic congresswomen of color, Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) and the city of Baltimore.

“This October 1971 exchange between current and future presidents is a reminder that other presidents have subscribed to the racist belief that Africans or African Americans are somehow inferior,” Naftali added. “The most novel aspect of President Donald Trump’s racist gibes isn’t that he said them, but that he said them in public.”

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No big deal. So what?

 

[B.K.N]

No big deal. So what?

If it's not a big deal then why are you in this thread and are first one to reply

 

[phancong]

No big deal. So what?

It is a big deal because Ronald Reagan became president of the US by being a racist his domestic policy regard to minority had the negative impact to the minority in the US society such as being institutionalize the black or deny their equal right in the US society.

It is a big deal because Ronald Reagan became president of the US by being a racist his domestic policy regard to minority had the negative impact to the minority in the US society such as being institutionalize the black or deny their equal right in the US society.

Ronald Reagan wasn't any regular racist Joe.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

No big deal. So what?

That is matter for America. If they vote a racist President who thinks 15% of his own country is 'monkeys' that is their internal matter. Selective democracy is better then non. True?@VCheng

 

[VCheng]

That is matter for America. If they vote a racist President who thinks 15% of his own country is 'monkeys' that is their internal matter. Selective democracy is better then non. True?@VCheng

Who is this racist President that thinks 15% of USA is "monkeys"? From where does this statement arise?

The discussion in the OP between Reagan and Nixon has more to do with losing a vote in the UN than anything else.

 

[B.K.N]

reportedly in reference to members of the Tanzanian delegation dancing in the United Nations’ General Assembly following its vote to recognize the People’s Republic of China.

He is talking about Tanzanians siding with China

If they vote a racist President who thinks 15%

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

If it's not a big deal then why are you in this thread and are first one to reply

I don't think he was a racist in terms of hating people but was more of a racist who likes to name call.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

The discussion in the OP between Reagan and Nixon has more to do with losing a vote in the UN than anything else.

I have yet to meet a racist or should I say it is exceedingly rare to have a racist openly declare they are racist. However one can tell implicity by their actions or statements. This comment I think exposes the prejudices held my Reagan. Of course it's not a surprise. Reagan was fairly typical of his class so knowing he was racist hardly shakes the ground.

I am always amused how the concepts, ideas or nations are reified around words or names when the idea as exists today is of recent vintage. Two good examples are 'democracy' and 'India'. by defintion of what we understand as democracy today, USA only became that in 1960s. India as is understood today only in 1947. And if America was a democracy from 1776 so is large parts of world today that today are often ostracized for having no democracy.

 

[VCheng]

I have yet to meet a racist or should I say it is exceedingly rare to have a racist openly declare they are racist. However one can tell implicity by their actions or statements. This comment I think exposes the prejudices held my Reagan. Of course it's not a surprise. Reagan was fairly typical of his class so knowing he was racist hardly shakes the ground.

What is important to keep in mind that a society that largely obeys the rule of law and allows individual freedoms like no other will still end up doing well, no matter where individuals lie on the spectrum of racism, xenophobia or inclusivity.

 

[Microsoft]

This is no surprise he wasn't the first and he won't be the last. Things like this aren't revealed until long after they're gone from not just oval office but the world.

Don't be surprised when you find out Clinton was involved in some shady stuff (other than Monica Lewinski's mouth) he did have a good relationship with Epstein. Trump we already know but what isn't known I don't even want to know. Probably same with the rest.

 

[Indus Pakistan]

What is important to keep in mind that a society that largely obeys the rule of law and allows individual freedoms

Rule of law is not a objective place in the human condition but contingent on so many other factors or else Mandela should be judged a terrorist, anarchist and all round trouble causer since from a young age began to openly break laws in South Africa.

allows individual freedoms like no other will still end up doing well

Between 1776 USA kept by law, by practice, by social mores it's citizens of African descent in condition that could be decribed as one step better then slaves. Untouchbles of America. Furthermore it even by law and practice applied racism to many other groups including us. You have the case of the Sikh guy losing his case in US courst in early 20th century thus pitching Asiatics in class above the untouchables on the varna order that existed in American society. The freedoms you allude to are no older them myself.

 

[VCheng]

Between 1776 USA kept by law, by practice, by social mores it's citizens of African descent in condition that could be decribed as one step better then slaves. Untouchbles of America. Furthermore it even by law and practice applied racism to many other groups including us. You have the case of the Sikh guy losing his case in US courst in early 20th century thus pitching Asiatics in class above the untouchables on the varna order that existed in American society. The freedoms you allude to are no older them myself.

And yet, even with that history, there are in-built mechanisms to keep improving society. You may look at how bad it was, but the real lessons are in how far it has evolved, and that alone points to a better future, which is kinda important, because that is where we all are going, and never back into the past.

 

[Microsoft]

No big deal. So what?

Would you be saying that if he called Pakistanis subhumans?

 

[PAKISTANFOREVER]

Would you be saying that if he called Pakistanis subhumans?

He or anyone else can believe that. Couldn't care less. Doesn't bother or phase me in the slightest.