Was Ronald Reagan a racist sonofabitch?

In a taped call with Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan described the African delegates to the United Nations in luridly racist terms. Take a LISTEN:

https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-a-historian-uncovered-ronald-reagans-racist-remarks-to-richard-nixon

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MarkPaul · 26-30, M

[u]Everyone[/u] (except Mr. Rogers) has skeletons in his/her closet. And, that doesn't excuse them; it also doesn't make them necessarily bad. When we take one of those skeletons and examine them decades later without context, in an isolated fashion, and with ill intent we see someone who doesn't - and can't - live up to the non-human expectations we have placed on them.

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