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

[DanK]

Same goes for Lincoln, Jackson, and even Jefferson.

Reminds me of a black lady I knew, who attended her cousin's funeral with 
her children.  Children wondered why there were so many White people there, 
and she replied: "How do you think you got to be the color you are?"


ps -  I was thinking "half-ast President", but Harding was certainly the 
first of THOSE!





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Subject: Re: [78-L] WTF: "half-cast president" - was: Does anybody really 
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>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...