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Reagan was far from racist. During his high school football-playing days, there were a number of incidents when his team was traveling to places where his black teammates were not allowed to eat or stay with the rest of the team. He and his teammates stuck together, offering to sleep on the bus or in once instance traveling back to Reagan's own family home where the team (black, white, etc.) would stay. These incidents of racism had a profound effect on him for the rest of his life, and he made sure that everyone had an equal opportunity. Plus, don't forget that Reagan was the president who signed the Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday act into law. Hardly the act of a racist.
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