I'm the Head of Planned Parenthood. We're Done Making Excuses for Our Founder.

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5. History is replete with it

Racism is commonplace, and a fact of life. Has ever been commonplace and a fact of life. And the fact is, you cannot look at this country's history -- or human history -- without running headlong into that basic truth. I don't think it is 'dismissive' or 'apologetic' to state that Sanger (or ___, insert laudable figure here) was both a product of her times -- and a racist. Abe Lincoln himself was very ambivalent about the abilities of blacks, or the place they would ever take in 'society.' It is not a conundrum, it is a feature! It is silly to pussy-foot or play down the subject -- on the other hand, it IS absolutely 'normative.' It is absolutely who we are -- and who we were.