[78-L] WTF: "half-cast president" - was: Does anybody really know what time it is? ^

[fnarf at comcast.net]

I believe he is referring to the rumors that Harding had an African-American grandparent. These rumors, which were of course dramatically more charged in the Klan-infested 1920s when they were originally promulgated by racists concerned with things like "pollution of the bloodlines". The truth is unknown, probably unknowable.

The term "half-caste" is unfortunate. It's funny how "one drop of black blood" makes you black, but a white grandfather (or father) doesn't make you white.

I can't imagine why this subject would be coming up in 2008, can you?

There's a good article on the Harding rumor here: http://tinyurl.com/62wxrt

--
Steve.

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: buster <busterdog at mac.com>
> what, exactly, does this mean, please?  our resident wags will of  
> course make wordplay on pouring liquids into molds, etc, but seriously:
> 
> what do you mean by this?
> 
> 
> On Oct 26, 2008, at 8:57 AM, William A Brent wrote:
> 
> > First American half-cast president,
> > Warren G. Harding...
> 
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