"America"

This is a striking image and my recent discovery of it is quite timely given current events.†

I read a tweet recently that said with striking clarity:  "Racism is so American that when we protest racism the average American assumes we're protesting America."

That's no great revelation to a historian, of course. But it does cut quickly to the heart of the controversy. (Perhaps too quickly as it's easily dismissed as a slogan if one is not inclined to be sympathetic to the concept.)

The evidence for the statement is overwhelming and my intention here is but to present one small piece of it. Yes, it dates from the 1930s (circa), but it would be naive and self-serving to think that this sentiment, that America is a white man's country, so conspicuously stated here has been effaced from our politics and national identity, however much such outwardly grotesque expressions of it have been muted (or not).

†I am looking for evidence of Klan activity in San Francisco (or California) during Prohibition.

America for Americans, front-page of brochure (c. 1933-1945). California State University, Northridge. Delmar T. Oviatt Library, Special Collections and Archives. http://digital-library.csun.edu/cdm/singleitem/collection/InOurOwnBackyard/id/37/rec/28