Opinion | The Nazis as students of America’s worst racial atrocities
James Whitman outlines America’s racist influences on the Nazis’ treatment of Jews
Hasnain says:
"One foreign country in particular grabbed the Nazis’ interest because of its advanced and innovative system of legal racism.
The object of Nazi fascination? America.
“In the early twentieth century the United States was not just a country with racism,” writes Yale law professor James Whitman in his book “Hitler’s American Model.” “It was the leading racist jurisdiction — so much so that even Nazi Germany looked to America for inspiration.”"
Posted on 2017-05-22T03:16:53+0000