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What now? (stefanbohacek.online)

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What now?

"[The industrialist Henry Ford] believed that Jews invented jazz as a plot to corrupt society. [...] As a result, he used his wealth to promote square dancing, through books and square dancing events. Ford also promoted square dance classes in public school, which were present in half of all American schools in 1928 as part of the standard physical education curriculum."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Western_square_dance#History_of_modern_western_square_dance

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Ford also employed, as top PR exec, the antisemitic conspiracy leader, William J. Cameron, founder of the Anglo-Saxon Federation of America.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

@[email protected] Yeah, I knew a bit about Ford's antisemitism, but this story is, well, maybe not a new low, but certainly something.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 weeks ago

@[email protected] Ford was directly responsible for introducing the antisemitic tract, the 'Protocols of the Elders of Zion,' to America. He even used his dealerships to do it.