Basically every great European man prior to 1945 would have been considered horribly racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. If that's not an indication that those words should hold no weight over you, then I don't know what would.
Out of everyone I've known the most racist of all have mostly been Indian. Given that they still have castes in their homeland shouldn't be very surprising.
78%+ of the US military wanted to keep negro units segregated
86% of enlisted men agreed with the statement "There is nothing good about Jews"
90%+ disagreed with the statement "If the Jews who are now in Europe want to come to the United States, we should let them in" which is even more notable considering that...
83% of officers and 60% of enlisted believed Jews "suffered very much under the Hitler government"
Basically every great European man prior to 1945 would have been considered horribly racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. If that's not an indication that those words should hold no weight over you, then I don't know what would.
Out of everyone I've known the most racist of all have mostly been Indian. Given that they still have castes in their homeland shouldn't be very surprising.
Which beliefs are you talking about?
The 1940 Survey Of Military Personnel About Jews has what would now be considered unpopular opinions:
78%+ of the US military wanted to keep negro units segregated
86% of enlisted men agreed with the statement "There is nothing good about Jews"
90%+ disagreed with the statement "If the Jews who are now in Europe want to come to the United States, we should let them in" which is even more notable considering that...
83% of officers and 60% of enlisted believed Jews "suffered very much under the Hitler government"