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by seanmcdirmid 183 days ago
Are you sure you aren't trying to quote Truman?

"To keep a black guy down in the gutter, you need a white guy there with him"

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Very famous Johnson quote

> If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.

> Lyndon B. Johnson

https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/9150190-if-you-can-convince...

"I'll tell you what's at the bottom of it. If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lbj-convince-the-lowest-wh...