I suppose it is fair to say that he was racist earlier in life but that does not necessarily mean that he did not change his views as he progressed through life, a person's thinking, just like life itself can evolve over time. I have been to some of the places he speaks of in his diaries and even now nearly a century later you can still find the practices that 'shocked' him in common use today.
He may have been at some point in his life. I just hope we don't do the usual "court of public opinion" BS where we now see Einstein as a horrible person whose ideas aren't worth listening to because he said something un-PC in a private diary.
Who cares? He had opinions based on the peoples he actually came into contact with. That is not criminal regardless of America's obsession with everyone's attitudes toward others that includes their individual racial qualities. These are natural thoughts and opinions and it's really OK to express them. All of the little offended snow flakes might just melt away. The sooner the better.
Well guess then you'll have to re-write all the history books to remove any mention of him and strip him of any credit for his accomplishments. Pretend they never happened and he never existed.
No, I don't see his comments that way. The left see any criticism of anyone who happens to be a different colour as racist. It's mental illness.
It is always amusing when the left find something politically incorrect about someone they admire, and then feel an impulse to strip them of all honour and expunge them from history.
Even if he was a racist, so what? There is no reason to treat one unenlightened opinion as if it invalidates everything else there is to admire in a person.
This post was edited by Zeitgeist at June 16, 2018 3:18 PM MDT
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