@@pixel6698 well that's your view point and I respect it . I definitely don't think he was perfect but I also don't hold people who were born in 1858 to the standards of today
@@carlosjuarez4327 What he did may not have seemed that extreme to white Americans back then, but for native Americans whose ancestors were forced off their land by him that doesn't make him innocent.
@@scottzema3103He said he requires moral standards, but back in the 1800’s the moral standards held today weren’t the same as back then? Also he said over one hundred years ago, and to add on Washington had slaves does that make him bad?
He invited Booker T Washington to have dinner with him and his family at the White house. First time a black man had dinner at the white house. The Southern racists went wild and it was too dangerous for Booker to continue to associate with Teddy. But they had correspondence, and Booker would visit Teddy after hours in secret in the white house, and advise him on his cabinet appointments. HE told Booker he wanted to choose men who would work to raise up the black race. Booker was an informal adviser to Teddy. There's a whole book about their relationship. Teddy also went to Tuskegee University and supported that Black college in Alabama. He was a supporter of blacks in America! True story. And yes he was an imperialist.
@@gaogaigarfinal6Also I brought this banana you could peel upside down while you attempt to pretend anybody ever taught you how to read instead of throw your feces at the wall and go "ooh ooh ahh ahh"
I still count him as a great president. He also was the first president to invite a black man to dine in the white house and appointed the first black female postmaster general.
Lol ooooh hé invited a black guy to eat at his house What a pro black activist Lol gtfoh bro. Who gives a shit if the racist invited one black dude to eat Dafuq did that crap do for anybody? It probably didn't even positively help the black dude in the long run
@@marieknight9385 Did he own slaves? Did he start wars? Was he corrupt? Did he get us into a recession? Did he sleep with interns and lie about it? Did he take bribes and cheat the citizens? Nevermind. You already have your mind made up. Have a great day.
He is one of the greatest presidents ever. For you to call him a racist is unacceptable. I guess Grunge wants his face blasted off Mt Rushmore? Seriously, it's because of ignorant videos like this that people go do stupid things like destroying the state of Christopher Columbus. Maybe go read what he wrote in context. Yes, he said that because he saw what horrible things the INDIANS did...but he also said they should be treated with respect. Those were different times. "The only wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each Black man and each white man strictly on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he shows himself worthy to have,” - Roosevelt
I'd ask the native Cubans what they think of Columbus's racial policies, but he wiped them out and they're completely extinct, so I cannot confirm or deny what they thought of him. I suppose we'll never know if he was racist or not.
Teddy created the national parks The Teddy bear is named in his honor after he refused to shoot a black bear. His cousin also became president FDR. Franklin Delano Roosevelt who married Teddy's niece Eleanor. He helped Cuba gain independence. Believed History was important. Knew legendary Wild West lawmen Seth Bullock who was a rough rider and close friend.
@@Makarosc no he wouldn't. Theodore Roosevelt was a huge capitalist but he saw how monopolies hurt the American way and how they hurt business so he busted the trusts but was not a socialist.
Wrong. Roosevelt was not racist, by the standards of his time or ours. He was the first president to allow a black man to dine in the White House. Growing up in rancher country, he had some run ins with natives and was understandably distrustful.
Roosevelt hardly saw all Black Americans as equals. “As a race and in the mass they are altogether inferior to the whites,” he confided to a friend in a 1906 letter. Ten years later, he told Senator Henry Cabot Lodge that “the great majority of Negroes in the South are wholly unfit for the suffrage” and that giving them voting rights could “reduce parts of the South to the level of Haiti.” ” he said in 1886, “but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.” Roosevelt’s racial philosophy of white superiority dovetailed with his support of the eugenics movement, which advocated selective breeding to engineer a race of people with more “desirable” characteristics, and sterilization of “less desirable” people, such as criminals, people with developmental disabilities-and for some, people of color. “Society has no business to permit degenerates to reproduce,” he wrote in 1913. “Some day we will realize that the prime duty, the inescapable duty of the good citizen of the right type is to leave his or her blood behind him in the world; and that we have no business to permit the perpetuation of citizens of the wrong type.” US President Theodore Roosevelt was an outspoken critic of Joseon and Korean people. He described Koreans as "unenlightened and recalcitrant" and proudly called himself "pro-Japanese". These sentiments were mostly shared by other high-level US officials, who felt that colonization by the more-enlightened Japanese would be beneficial to Korea. Negative impressions may have been somewhat influenced by "Japanese information channels", which had significantly higher funding and reach in the US than any Korean sources did. In a subsequent book, “The Winning of the West,” Roosevelt explained that U.S. actions toward American Indians were part of the larger, noble endeavor of European colonialism: All men of sane and wholesome thought must dismiss with impatient contempt the plea that these continents should be reserved for the use of scattered savage tribes. … Most fortunately, the hard, energetic, practical men who do the rough pioneer work of civilization in barbarous lands, are not prone to false sentimentality. The people who are, these stay-at-homes are too selfish and indolent, too lacking in imagination, to understand the race-importance of the work which is done by their pioneer brethren in wild and distant lands.... (I agree that he is a good leader, but he is a racist from the perspective of our times.)
Roosevelt hardly saw all Black Americans as equals. “As a race and in the mass they are altogether inferior to the whites,” he confided to a friend in a 1906 letter. Ten years later, he told Senator Henry Cabot Lodge that “the great majority of Negroes in the South are wholly unfit for the suffrage” and that giving them voting rights could “reduce parts of the South to the level of Haiti.” he said in 1886, “but I believe nine out of every ten are, and I shouldn’t like to inquire too closely into the case of the tenth. The most vicious cowboy has more moral principle than the average Indian.” US President Theodore Roosevelt was an outspoken critic of Joseon and Korean people. He described Koreans as "unenlightened and recalcitrant" and proudly called himself "pro-Japanese". These sentiments were mostly shared by other high-level US officials, who felt that colonization by the more-enlightened Japanese would be beneficial to Korea. Negative impressions may have been somewhat influenced by "Japanese information channels", which had significantly higher funding and reach in the US than any Korean sources did In a subsequent book, “The Winning of the West,” Roosevelt explained that U.S. actions toward American Indians were part of the larger, noble endeavor of European colonialism: All men of sane and wholesome thought must dismiss with impatient contempt the plea that these continents should be reserved for the use of scattered savage tribes. … Most fortunately, the hard, energetic, practical men who do the rough pioneer work of civilization in barbarous lands, are not prone to false sentimentality. The people who are, these stay-at-homes are too selfish and indolent, too lacking in imagination, to understand the race-importance of the work which is done by their pioneer brethren in wild and distant lands…. (I agree that he is a good leader, but he is a racist from the perspective of our times.)
Your point you’re making right here, it’s what a lot of us Americans think. And that person that responded is either a child or someone that is incapable of talking with grown ups.
Teddy Roosevelt was not a racist. In fact he was an advocate for the equality of man. When the left wanted to segregate Federal Offices (and other things) Teddy kept these post desegregated and constantly made sure the leftist counties would follow these.
He also believed Japan to be a civilized society on par with the U.S. and Britain, and he also was a close friend with Booker T. Washington. When he invited Washington to the white house for dinner, he noted in his journal that he felt ashamed that even a small part of him wished not to dine with him because of his skin color. He then insisted that he dine with Washington to spite that, and even had his daughter and wife present. He wasn't a racist, he was a product of his time and the first president to separate from the old ones
Of course not im someone who feed son all historical information and the native Americans aren’t the peaceful nature love stereotype we make them out as they were just as blood thirsty as every other race the Aztecs are a good example
@@Pocoentertainmentstudiowhite people aren't bloodthirsty. We have the lowest crime statistics for a reaaaason. Simply civilized far sooner than other races and it shows. We the whites value intelligence and charisma far more than physical strength. We weren't bred for generations to be animals, some other races however were EXACTLY bred that way if you catch my drift 😮
Why would we be when the US broke every treaty with Native’s ? You want peace but can’t follow your own words , cmon man it doesnt work like that. Just like the US was blood thirsty to get Texas in the 1840’s from Mexico. Try to show me the difference
People seem to forget that in 1901, Theodore Roosevelt invited Booker T Washington to the White House for dinner, being one of the only black men to step foot in the building during that time frame. That very event pissed off Southerners for over 30 years.
I really wouldn’t call him racist. A woman named Minnie Cox was the first black postmaster for a post office in what would be modern Indiana, many white people of that town gathered and protested and threatened violence against Minnie for her skin color. When Teddy Roosevelt got word that Minnie resigned from her position out of fear of physical harm. Teddy ordered directly that Minnie still be paid her wages as postmaster, and he stopped the mail service from that post office until they allowed Minnie back as postmaster. Teddy kept the mail cut off for over a year, and although Minnie didn’t return as postmaster. She was able to start the one of the first ever Black owned Banks in that state of Indiana.
@@xavierwhitcraft1310 If you naturalize you’re also full blooded. No foreigner can claim “American blood” through ancestry. You have to participate in the Great American Experiment. It’s also why no matter where you live, you must pay taxes. Only those who push the country forward can be allowed to even claim the name “American”.
Imperialist and racist, so quick to judge one of the greatest president we ever had. If it wasn’t for men like him, we wouldn’t have the great country we had today, so show a little thanks. Thanks to the whiny, millennial, 6th place award winners of today who knows what our great country will look like in 10 years.
Y’all boomers are the ones who act like every else is super whiny yet forget what you were like in the 60’s. News flash. Being whiny about social issues isn’t a new idea, and it ain’t like yall didn’t do it either.
Considering you didn’t live on the plains and encounter the “scattered savage tribes” he was talking about, I am going to go with his understanding. It’s foolish to say that he was evil because he believed American culture and society was better for the people who lived under it.
I mean yeah, but like are you gonna call him that to his face? He was shot by an assassin in the chest and just continued the speech he was in the middle of giving with the bullet still lodged in his fucking rib cage
It is not the critic that counts. The credit belongs to the man in the arena. In this case the critic is 100 years after his death. Teddy Roosevelt was 20x the man most of could ever hope to be.
You should read the book about him. Yes, he was racist, believing that the white man was the superior race but he also believed that the other races must build themselves up and show their strength. He's racist by our standards but a fair man for a man of his time. He's also had multiple bad experiences with natives when he was out ranching in South Dakota. Not trying to excuse his opinion on natives, only explaining it.
SO WAS HITLER. What a bunch of pure Garbage. You live in good old Red South Dakota? Is that where all the motorcycle bums get together for Sturgis? Where Hitler could appear on the ballot as a Republican and could even win office? YOU SHOULDN'T EVEN BE POSTING.
Yeah when he said that, wagons were still being burned, men being scalped, and women and children raepd and sold as slaves to other indian tribes. Who never even understood the concept of the wheel until Europeans came. Cry about it.
Yes he held racist beliefs, but he also demonstrated the ability to push past and stretch his hand to help African Americans. Look into Minnie Cox or how Roosevelt often converced with black intellectuals. He wasn't perfect, but he stands out for his time.
Also DARTH TRAITOR did'nt win nothing but the way to a honest living in his soon to be new Home "PRISON" with some of his Best Friends. Rudy might just be his bunk buddy's!! 😂😂😂 If you love the TRAITOR so much go & smack the first cop you see so they can lock you up & ask to be sent to his cell as his bunky..😂😂🖕 That's for your Master the TRAITOR 🖕😂😂
Well if you like Trump, maybe you have been attracted to the bad parts of Roosevelt. Sounds like you like bad stuff. I mean there may be a lot more to dislike about him than you imagine. But he did do some good legislation!
Those “cons” aren’t even that big of a deal, the west IS better in most aspects and America IS the greatest country, a US president should think in that same way anyways and that’s why our country is sucking right now, because there’s a lack of Teddy Roosevelts in our society and in govt
Like most people, he was a good man with some great ideas...and a very flawed human being...he spoke with absolute confidence, but also had doubts, bouncing a lot of ideas and opinions off his daughter, Alice, who was very like him, tough, opinionated and confident in her judgemental behavior and attitudes of those times. People are always flawed, and hopefully learn from their experiences and mistakes. He went from blowing away every animal he could possibly find to committed environmentalism. He did invite black Americans into the White House and spoke out for all Americans, even though he thought all white was might. I hope that if he was alive today he would have been less of a bigot and racist....
This is bullshit The men who built an idea of the world to justify their atrocities are evil men Evil people are still capable of great and impressive things but it doesn't make them any less evil If this cvnt lived today he'd be as racist as the many racist white people across the world
He was not a white supremacist, per se, although he did hold racist beliefs. He did not claim there was a superior white race, but he did believe some cultures were superior to or more civilized than others. He did consider Japanese people to be civilized, and considered Italians to be untrustworthy. Some of the groups he liked were non-white, and some of the groups he disliked were white. However, even those beliefs he considered generalities, and acknowledged that individuals should be judged as individuals, regardless of their culture. If he were a modern man he would be backward, but he was extremely forward thinking for his time.
He didn't get the Panama canal started the French did that. The French gave up on the canal and the US took it over after the French lost so many men. They couldn't contend with those disease carrying mosquitoes
he did say it was up to western countries to rule the other countries that couldn't rule themselves, how many of those nation at this time are doing well and prospering with the democracy, well I'm just saying facts.
He wasn’t racist he was an American. Natives were savages. They had to be to survive in this world. I alway felt horrible about what happened to the natives. Then I learned some Native American history. They slaughtered and enslaved each other for land, hunting grounds and rivalry. We showed up and did the same. We were savages too. Different times.
Wouldn’t say they nor we where savages….not innocent but definitely not savages, many tribes, states, and groups had a rather rich and cool history and culture to them and like you said the USA was just a competing power
So we are judging him by 2023 standards ? Also Mount Rushmore was created 80 years ago, so Americans of that time held him in high regard. Not trying to criticize you, I am just pointing that out.
Well we be seein' lots of statues of Lenin and Jeff Davis and I seen more than once busts of ol' Adolf Hitler. None of me its true. Haha That don't make THEM monumental.
Rules evolve. Morals do not. Just because slavery was legal at that time, does not make it right. Millions of people living at that time spoke out about the evils of slavery. Even thousands of years prior to that people spoke out against slavery. It was only a small percentage of degenerates that owned slaves or agreed with slavery.
Classic. brining down a man who did extraordinary things and holding him to the exact standard of 2023 long after he is dead. If you were born in 1858 and fought many wars against Indian tribes you’d be thinking and saying the same thing. Also I am sure there are things that we say or do that will seem very strange or uncouth to people in 100 years
He was flawed human being like the rest of us but a great president. So was Kennedy. MLK was also a leader, but a flawed individual also. Think about how many people’s lives Roosevelt saved with his FDA standards alone….
@@scottzema3103 ….I’m sorry I forgot, most of the people on the internet are retarded. I’ll break it down Barney style. “RESPEC” is a shortened version of the word “RESPECT” that was made popular by a famous hip hop artist who’s stage name is BIRDMAN.
@@PapiChuloJR93 bullied by whom? I don't live in America with psycho kids who bully one another You are very bad at child raising I'm sorry you were bullied as badly as u were
Even Lincoln didn’t fully believe in amalgamation of black people into society post slavery; he just thought slavery was wrong. Does that mean we should condemn Lincoln?
It’s tough for me because for the longest time he’s been my favorite president, but I’m also a student of the Korean Martial Art Taekwondo, where we also study the history of Korea. And Roosevelt basically condemned the Korean people to be subjugated by the Japanese through the Treaty of Portsmouth. Which yes, ended the Russo-Japan War, but it also gave the Japanese power in countries they had no claim to.
Theodore Roosevelt said that at a time when regular Indian raids were a fresh memory for anybody who lived in the West. I believe you would find he is more referring to the culture than to the race of the people. And if you can't separate that then you should probably be examining yourself.
He was a DUDE! You can't be one of the greatest leaders in the history of mankind without a little edge. No one is perfect and I'm certainly not the one to throw stones. Legend
A man of his time, like pretty much everyone else ever. We may as well judge Khalid Ibn-al Walid in the same manner and call him and his followers “racists” too. This man was the GOAT POTUS, and an absolute Chad.
No man is perfect, and Teddy's flaws were pretty bad. But most of his flaws he did not act upon. The only one he really did act upon was being a war hawk, trying to start wars wherever he saw them. What he mostly acted upon were his virtues. He busted trusts, he got a square deal at railroads for the workers who made the goods being transported, he MADE FOOD SAFE TO EAT. It is for these reasons that I can never tell whether Teddy Roosevelt or Abe Lincoln were the best President of the United States ever. They were both excellent men who helped progress society beneficially.
I literally have zero problems with anything said in this video. America IS the best country ever founded, and we would have absolutely nothing if advanced civilizations didn’t take land from small primitive tribes. EVERY CONTINENT WAS TAKEN OVER THIS WAY.
