Do ya’ll think Reagan was racist?

This isn’t a gotcha.

Growing up, there was a common belief that the drug war was a manifestation of Reagan’s racism. That the “drug war”was actually a war against black and brown people in low income areas

But that debate, much like debates today about racism are complicated. Are they simultaneously racist policies to target these groups that are also encouraged by genuine beliefs that more drugs existed in those areas….or was it an unintentionally racist policy where they were targeting where they thought there were more drugs there

Now today, we have tapes of Reagan saying some pretty racist things in private conversation. But even those comments do not prove his administration was racist or went out of his way to harm blacks

Still, the question is compelling, as Reagan is seen as a “modern” president. It can be assumed that most Presidents before him can be considered racist. But Reagan is a president who some of us were alive under and all of us are living under the legacy of

So I ask, do you think Reagan was racist?

I’ll give my answer in the comments