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To: epicure who wrote (244893)	2/17/2014 11:54:18 PM
From: Sam	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542256

A Twitter conversation I bumped into purely by chance/accident/whatever-- Rania Khalek ?@RaniaKhalek President Harry Truman in romantic letter to future wife, Bess Truman in 1911. #PresidentsDay #Racism pic.twitter.com/DwaMtGNdDg Retweets 142 Favorites 65 3:54 PM - 17 Feb 2014 Alfredo Glove ?@huantea 5h @RaniaKhalek belated valentines huh? Brutal. Anand Raghunath ?@Yanksfan74 5h @RaniaKhalek Ummm, I'd say he's pretty enlightened for 1911. No talk of violence against these groups of people. N. Hyman ?@nirahyman 5h @RaniaKhalek @biyiat Brutal for real. Can I ask for your source? Wanna show to some professor friends. Thanks! Juan Calabrese ?@juanrcalabrese 5h @RaniaKhalek He didn't think twice about dropping nukes on the people he describes here, twice. Reply Retweet Favorite Details Rania Khalek ?@RaniaKhalek 4h @nirahyman @biyiat Sure t.co Plenty of racist material in there Reply Retweet Favorite Details riffraaf ?@riffraaf 4h @nirahyman @RaniaKhalek @biyiat found the letter here t.co Reply Retweet Favorite Details la jefa ?@biyiat 4h @RaniaKhalek @nirahyman oh wow. Thank you! Reply Retweet Favorite Details N. Hyman ?@nirahyman 4h @biyiat @RaniaKhalek Thanks for this! Reply Retweet Favorite Details Engin Bas ?@enginbas 4h @RaniaKhalek not romantic enough for ordinary animal.... Reply Retweet Favorite Details Rania Khalek ?@RaniaKhalek 4h @Yanksfan74 ummm, he would later drop two atomic bombs on Japan Reply Retweet Favorite Details Judge Joe Brown ?@judge_joe_brown 3h @RaniaKhalek @Yanksfan74 more people would have died if there was an invasion of Japan Reply Retweet Favorite Details Anand Raghunath ?@Yanksfan74 3h @RaniaKhalek Rania, he's a white southerner that grew up in the early 1900's. You actually expect him to be enlightened? That's a bit much. Reply Retweet Favorite Details Anand Raghunath ?@Yanksfan74 3h @RaniaKhalek Every white dude at that time was a racist, I don't know what you expect. What bothers me are the white tools in 2014, not HST. Reply Retweet Favorite Details Anand Raghunath ?@Yanksfan74 3h @judge_joe_brown @RaniaKhalek The atomic bomb was purely military based decision, not race driven. Not sure where you are going with this Reply Retweet Favorite Details Bryan Haggerty ?@bhaggs 3h @RaniaKhalek @_Jordan I bet you're feeling left out. Reply Retweet Favorite Details Charles Edward Frith ?@charlesfrith 49m A failed Haberdasher the power elite put into office to enact the National Security Act of 1947. The end of USA @RaniaKhalek @NYCJulieNYC Reply Retweet Favorite Details Johnny Argent ?@JohnnyArgent 47m @RaniaKhalek @charlesfrith It brings a little tear to your eye, Right? One more thing to consider when we think of Hiroshima. Reply Retweet Favorite Details Matt Duran ?@skeptic_83 44m @Yanksfan74 @RaniaKhalek Considering the racist attitudes and outright hatred among U.S. military at the time towards Asians, I disagree. Reply Retweet Favorite Details DieselFarina ?@DieselFarina 43m @RaniaKhalek @charlesfrith And yet, he made civil rights a priority in his presidency! He was a puzzle. Good article: t.co