[tomohawk]

I'm addressing the original point, which was claiming that America (implication - in whole, or uniformly) supported Jim Crow. It did not. One party supported that, but the other did not.

I don't belong to any political party, mostly because of the point you are making, but I don't think it is fair to tar all Americans with what only some of us did. Many fought for years against it and credit is due to those who did, and shame is due to those who resisted the change.

Both main parties have moved past this, more or less, and it's great to see slavery, Jim Crow and KKK in the rear view mirror.

I do not agree that the Republican Party is somehow a racist party or that it has somehow "swapped" with the Democrat party on this.