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“an ugliness often lurked beneath the reformist zeal of Progressivism. Many Progressives--who tended to be middle-class white Protestants--held deep prejudices against immigrants and black and were so convinced of their own virtuous authority that they disdained democratic procedures. This part of Progressivism mirrored Hoover´s darkest impulses. p 166” — David Gann, Killerof the Flower Moon
an ugliness often lurked beneath the reformist zeal of Progressivism. Many Progressives--who tended to be middle-class white Protestants--held deep prejudices against immigrants and black and were so convinced of their own virtuous authority that they disdained democratic procedures. This part of Progressivism mirrored Hoover´s darkest impulses. p 166