Woodrow Wilson grounded self-government in a hierarchy of stronger and nobler races
Evidence
In order to trace the lineage of the European and American governments which have constituted the order of social life for those stronger and nobler races which have made the most notable progress in civilization, it is essential to know the political history of the Greeks, the Latins, the Teutons, and the Celts principally. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 194
Categorization
Category: Factual Claims
- XREF: Directly evidences the reader’s thread that liberal champions of self-determination still ran on racial hierarchy; connects to chapter 8 claims about Balfour denying Orientals self-government.