The U.S. Presidents

I saw a lot of people complaining how all the presidents were racist white people and how they owned slaves. Yes I do agree that the U.S. didn’t settle the fifty states and various territories in good ways. Our armies handed the Native Americans blankets covered in small pox during the winter. The choices the Native Americans had were to die from hypothermia or get small pox. They weren’t even told the blankets had small pox on them! And when we conquered Hawaii there king had died and left his wife the queen to deal with the political mess and she had to abdicate her throne or else her people would be criminals in there own country! She was put on house arrest her own country! You don’t have to agree with history. But you can’t ignore it either. History doesn’t change but people do.

The app is well-made and I appreciate the information about these presidents and getting a peek into their lives. But it also shines a light on the toxic white nationalism that still permeates through this country. Most of these white men owned slaves and 99% were extremely racist…the same time proclaiming “freedom”, “liberty”, and “all men are created equal“… they were walking contradictions. The reality is these white Europeans fled Europe to run from Tierney and inequality only to come to the “Americas” to become the same thing they were running from.

Faults of some are made less poignant while accomplishments of others less pronounced. Since most people would be checking in from a chronological standpoint it’s not a big deal. HOWEVER, bias is a slippery slope. Four stars only because of subjective listing of accomplishments and omission of faults.