Monday, September 25, 2023

Nazi Germany had admirers among American religious leaders – and white supremacy fueled their support

Instead, what most strongly differentiated Hitler's sympathizers in this era was their belief in white supremacy vis-a-vis African Americans. These groups published literature claiming that African Americans were physically and mentally inferior, and one wrote positively of the Ku Klux Klan. A Southern Baptist bishop wrote, "The Negro is not like the white man … there are striking differences physical and mental," going on to claim, "the white race … assumes its superiority in strength and capacity."…

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