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Woodrow Wilson Domestic Policies part 2

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all right welcome back we are still in the bunker sorry for the delay let's get to Part 2 what's important about this part of the discussion is I want to share a little bit about Wilson's greatest quality is not he's a mixed bag as they say he had a great vision form policy separate this is why he is so notable and why he so important but if you think about his attitude towards regulation the use of government and the needs of the people in in a structural systemic way I think she's one of the most capable most insightful most intelligent presidents we've had again he is with his claws because he needs to race it racial issues fundamentally racist was not prepared to deal with any kind of racial issues but he did know how and what would be best in some really wise regulations and reform let's look at some of these words student said about Wilson he was he had Clarity charm and elegance of language his philosophy at Princeton Princeton for the nation's service right there his his mind is in the right place he's Towing the best and the brightest of America wasp America white American middle class America that they have a duty to serve and that if they're not serving and Thinking Beyond themselves which is all Social Gospel and the gospel of wealth remember he he believes in all of those at those fundamental attitudes that we've studied and so if she's pushing service you are privileged you should give back so again that's one of the positive things I think I really like about Wilson liberal training and religious instruction with spire to serve the nation through a responsible political and social leadership doesn't that remind you of the whitest person in the world I mean in terms of the concept. It's not derogatory a different interpretation don't complain because of negative but it's not the most non ethnic person you can imagine but intelligent but he had some really negative attitudes also Olympic pool pictures Michigan make a slideshow of all the cool pictures extra credit similar wants to do that that's all they do is extra credit years World War One tremendous about a great pic interesting family okay moving on let's get back to the business so as we were saying leadership Service Princeton call our duty is to in this these are his words of court to take man to make them forget the interest of their fathers and see how the interests of all people are linked together oh my God sounds like Bernie doesn't it just kidding it's Bernie's a little bit more radical but for this time Wilson was seen as radical people this is not music to a lot of people's ears his goal was to quote to create a community of sky faculty undergraduate and graduate students woodworking living in intimacy that won't fly anymore but he's thinking that they could be this operation as far as before Americans need to create a land where there was no special privilege then they will come into a new era of American greatness and American Liberty so we've been fighting that since his time was it a hundred years 100 years since he was president and we're still fighting with the most corrupt Administration some say people to saying she's very corrupt not me but people saying anyway Wilson continue to believe as he always had that most businesses on an honorable and that natural forces would regulate the marketplace once of uses were corrected the Monopoly have to be attacked or control because the small businessman can't compete and it's about equal rights and so I think very very resonant still but we still have the major problems today moving on calling for National effort to submerge personal selfishness for the general welfare this is extremely difficult I don't know I haven't heard a recent leaders talk about this pretty great value in a in a political leader who wins the presidency Prosperity is not a thing which we can which can be consumed privately or by small number of persons in the amount of wealth in the nation very much less important than the accessibility of wealth in the nation the more people you make it accessible to the more energy you call forth until presently if you carry the process for enough you get almost a zest of a his point is what's the key here is the amount of wealth in the nation's very much less important than the accessibility of well the more people you make it accessible the more energy to more parody depalo understand he saying spread the wealth more people have well it's better for everyone Wilson hated powerful corporations quote we should cry out against the few who have raised themselves to Dangerous Power who have thrust their cruel hand into the very heart strings have the many on Whose blood and energy they are subsisting if man in here significantly conservative right but that sounds pretty radical doesn't it in our time it sounds radical just imagine a hundred years ago and he was advocating for the common good of the middle class ultra-wealthy he deplored modern it quote modern industrial organization when it distorted competition enable the rich in the strong to combine against the poor in the week isn't that what marriage is about no not if you have money not if you have money what's his view of history history had important lessons for the nation if they were properly explained America's past is to how to become strong multi chess if we heed its moral how to become wise also and single-minded so again history we learn from the past I think that's very insightful what do you think what we're doing here trying to get people to pay attention we learn history not to remember what happened but to find out which way we were which way we were heading and maybe even how we can fix it his political rhetoric I'm not standing here to ask that I may have my way I'm challenging every man who wants another way to convince the people so again he's arguing for his wife interesting noted that one we are done in this day gentleman with private Arrangements every man who wants to make out his case has got to make it in public really no more backroom deals no more hiding fairness openness I don't know if you see you see this stuff is kind of important Woodrow Wilson comment on the nature of the Constitution the governor United States had had why don't normal organic growth has proved itself eminently adapted to express to changing temp for purposes of the American people from age to age Wilson discuss the ideal role of the presidency he is the rapper the whole people when he speaks in his true character he speaks for no special interest that's something to be highlighted don't you think he was he was not in favor of women's rights she did not speak help for women until basically middle of the War World War 1 a woman is glorified made perfect by marriage and motherhood again he is more significantly chauvinistic in those attitudes she's reflecting the time of and how he thought he was not an advocate for women's rights early luxury DeYoung women of the present generation on history and principles of politics was about as appropriate as lecturing to stonemasons on the evolution of fashion and dress so with this one is in in this goes out to my are feminists which were all seven is that his attitude saying that women are don't deserve a quality education the same as a like an intellectual professional so he's very backward when it in his attitudes but that he does change for women to vote Wilson said I say to my fellow citizens that I deem it one of the greatest honors of my life had this great event the ratification of this should have occurred during the. Of my Administration nothing has given me more pleasure than the Privileges the privilege that has been mined to do what I could to advance the cause of ratification and hasten the day when Womanhood of America be recognized by the nation on equal footing of citizenship that it deserves well he changed his tune thank goodness here's a real interesting story about Wilson and meeting African American leaders this is not one of his best days and again this is not why we Revere him or think about him today because he did have those racist attitude this is meeting w e b DuBois and William Monroe Trotter don't know that much about Trotter but this is at the end of a a CP Evolution the very beginnings summary Trotter Channel Woodrow Wilson on civil rights for blacks Trotter in the Oval Office says hey what you need to do something on civil rights and Woodrow Wilson gets so offended Charter was angry and aggressive Woodrow Wilson kicked him out of the Oval Office and referred to him as that unspeakable fellow like that quote unspeakable Wilson view of race again he's from the south he was despised he despised abolitionist he believed reconstruction was unjust he supported Jim Crow segregation that tells it all he's from the the Deep South and he moved up to Princeton and change change his attitude but you still had the race attitudes Wilson had Neanderthal views of blacks from 1901 Atlantic Monthly article quotes the freed slaves the South had been excited by a freedom they did not understand exalted by false hopes bewildered in without leaders and yet insolent and aggressive sick of work Covetous of pleasure a host of Dusky children time we put out of school 1901 really heavy racist attitudes Unforgivable Unforgivable Wilson's quote early KKK the white the white men aroused by mere Instinct of self-preservation until at last their headstrong into existence a great Klu Klux Klan a veritable Empire the South for protecting the Southern Country again he is reflecting that attitude of his time he was had a lot of good qualities with that was in ruin -1 a big synonym Erica's racism well that stops is for today on his domestic policy and we will come back to for policy when we get to World War I and you forgot we didn't do all of his but we'll do the end of his life I'm about his stroke in that his wife basically running the government come back to that when we get to work but thanks again I'm sorry I wish there was some way to ask questions I don't know any other way to do this but it's been a pleasure I hope you hope this help somebody feel free to email if you ever get a chance to say whether you like it or not I'm going to be changing it anyway so all right have a good day buy happy Saint Patty's Day

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