RE: Century of Enslavement: The History of The Federal Reserve
Woodrow Wilson is one of the worst presidents in American history. Not only was his first major priority the passage of the Revenue Act of 1913, which lowered tariffs and implemented a federal income tax, he also presided over the passage of the Federal Reserve Act, which created a central banking system in the form of the Federal Reserve System.
The first movie ever to be shown in the White House, The Birth of a Nation, was during his administration. This movie was highly controversial for its portrayal of black men (many played by white actors in blackface) as unintelligent and sexually aggressive towards white women, and the portrayal of the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) as a heroic force.
To the disappointment of his African-American supporters, Wilson allowed some of his Cabinet members to segregate their departments.
Easily the worst part of Wilson's record as president was his overseeing of the resegregation of multiple agencies of the federal government, which had been surprisingly integrated as a result of Reconstruction decades earlier.
In a 1913 open letter to Wilson, W.E.B. DuBois — who had supported Wilson in the 1912 election before being disenchanted by his segregation policies — wrote of "one colored clerk who could not actually be segregated on account of the nature of his work [and who] consequently had a cage built around him to separate him from his white companions of many years." That's right: Black people who couldn't, logistically, be segregated were put in literal cages.
Outright dismissals were also common. Upon taking office, Wilson himself fired 15 out of 17 black supervisors in the federal service and replaced them with white people. After the Treasury and Post Office began segregating, many black workers were let go. The head of the Internal Revenue division in Georgia fired all his black employees, saying, "There are no government positions for Negroes in the South. A Negro's place in the cornfield." To enable hiring discrimination going forward, in 1914 the federal government began requiring photographs on job applications.
Just appalling behavior.
Wilson was, of course, a Democrat.
I agree, for that reason admits that he did irreparable damage to the nation, he harmed the nation so much that he had to admit his shit, he sold America to foreign bankers. On the other hand, some of the details you mention I did not know, thanks for the historical information.
Did you know that in 1860, the year of the Civil War, no Republicans owned a slave? All 4 million slaves were owned by Democrats. When I say no Republican owned a slave I don't mean that no Republican leader owned a slave, I mean no Republicans period.
Damn! I did not know that too, I do not really understand how Kennedy was a democrat, that party is very contaminated.