Bigotry 
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SOURCE: New York Times
9/3/2020
The Terrible Cost of Presidential Racism
by Gary Bass
The emotional displays of prejudice revealed by newly uncensored White House tapes involving Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger help to explain a foreign policy debacle.
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SOURCE: The Atlantic
Accessed 5/21/19
Oral Histories of Donald Trump's Housing Discrimination Case, the Central Park Five, and More
His racism and intolerance have always been in evidence; only slowly did he begin to understand how to use them to his advantage.
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SOURCE: The Washington Post
11-3-17
The ugly history of the Pledge of Allegiance — and why it matters
by Christopher Petrella
Requiring displays of patriotism have often been tied to nativism and bigotry.
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SOURCE: Forward
9-3-15
How Gregory Peck Fought Hollywood Bigotry
by Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
Unpublished documents in the Margaret Herrick Library (the Oscars archive) reveal Peck’s personal opposition to racism, long before Harper Lee even wrote “Mockingbird.” The young actor attacked bigotry against both blacks and Jews.
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