Wow. Just wow.

Harry Truman

Uncle Wills says that the Lord made a white man from dust, a n^gger from mud, and then threw what was left and it came down a Chinaman. He does hate Chinese and Japs. So do I. -Harry Truman

Leuchtenburg said recently that some scholars have known about Truman's racist utterances since his letters were opened. "But somehow," Leuchtenburg said, "this has not permeated the public consciousness." Go To Site

We'll never know if Truman's attitudes toward minorities -- including his comment in 1911 to Bess that he hated "Japs" -- influenced his decision to drop two atomic bombs at a point when the Japanese were already militarily devastated and seeking acceptable surrender terms. -Peter J. Kuznick Go To Site

Democrat Harry Truman: Racist

I don't think Democrats are as good as other men.
Uncle Wills says that the Lord made a white man from dust, a n^gger from mud, and then threw what was left and it came down a Chinaman. He does hate Chinese and Japs. So do I. It is race prejudice I guess. But I am strongly of the opinion that negroes ought to be in Africa, yellow men in Asia, and white men in Europe and America. -Harry Truman