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Einstein was not a racist
How one person’s private observations can be twisted for a politically correct agenda
The Insanity Of A Politically Correct Society
In the news a while ago, there was an article about Einstein, and how his journals, when published would show him to be a racist. This is both ludicrous and untrue.
The passages in question include his observations on the Chinese people, and Columbo. Now, I belong to neither of those subsets, but when reading these passages, it is clear that he is not saying that they deserve segregation, or fewer human rights than any other people.
AN OPINION
These are his observations. They are his view. His opinion, and he is fully entitled to them. They were written in 1922, before ‘racism’ became the thing that it is today.
HE DID A LOT OF GOOD
Einstein did an awful lot for the African American population, to shine a light on the segregation there. He believed in equal rights, and thought that all people deserved to be treated as human beings.
I’m not, in any way, trying to downplay the suffering of people who have endured racism, but the comments made by Einstein, and lets not forget, that these were in his PRIVATE journals, not intended to be seen…
