Driftless
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I wasn't defending Wilson. My point was that the thing that led people like DuBois to support Wilson--which DuBois admitted was a risk--was that people like Taft and TR seemed just as unsatisfactory on racial issues.
Understood. I partly missed my point in my response. The political climate of the era would have made racial progress difficult, but I think there's enough evidence that Wilson's active efforts took it backwards. I feel like you take Wilson out of office and at least things don't get worse. I'm not sure who makes the forward steps, but it should be possible at an earlier date, without Wilson's negative impact.
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