Reagan called President Nixon to slur Africans as 'monkeys.' Of course there are tapes.
It was October 1971, and the United Nations had just voted to recognize the People’s Republic of China.Then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan was infuriated that delegations from Africa did not align themselves with the U.S. position – that the U.N. should recognize Taiwan as an independent state – and wanted to get President Richard Nixon on the phone. He was apparently disgusted after watching delegates from Tanzania celebrate the U.N. decision to support Chinese sovereignty over Taiwan. […]
