He also segregated the military, which until that time from after the Civil War, blacks and whites served together in the same units. Racist Democrat, of course. Did you know his father was a Presbyterian preacher, and a slave owner?
Gangstas got to do what they got to do.
Stupid too. After being pulled over for speeding, the cop smelled Marijuana, and they consented to a search of their car, and the cop found a dead body in the trunk.
Lesson one - if you have a dead body in your trunk, don't speed.
Lesson two, if you have a dead body in your trunk, don't smoke weed so that cops can smell it.
Lesson three - if you have a dead body in your trunk, don't consent to a search.
https://www.myarklamiss.com/crime/traffic-stop-leads-to-murder-charges-for-two-men-after-dead-body-discovered-in-the-trunk/
Not really awkward, the southern churches taught that black people, as inferior humans, had to be kept and guided as children by Christians. It was simply a case of Christian charity to help those lesser than us.
Coincidentally, that's basically what Progressives preach today.
Wilson was a strong believer in government propaganda put forth through the media. If you read what Q posted about him, the pertinent words are: "The organized opinion of mankind."
Wilson thought it was the duty of the government to create, shape and organize the opinion of the people. His pet "journalist" was Walter Lippman who famously said: "It is the duty of journalists to shape and mold public opinion."
Read up on the Committee on Public Information, that was the start of the merger of mainstream media and the Deep State 100 years ago.