Did Reagan run on racism?

[Mr. Smith]

Yes and he was better at it than Nixon.

How else could he support Apartheid South Africa? He literally ended up overridden by Congress for that.

[Mr. Smith]

Given his statements on "state's rights" and that woman from Chicago...

NO DOES NOT COMPUTE

Fixed.

He didn't singularly or overtly run on racism, but it was a component of his campaigns.

This, never doubt the power of implicit while searching for explicit.

[Mr. Smith]

No (not a liberal hack).

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/18/opinion/18cannon.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/what-the-butler-gets-wrong-about-ronald-reagan-and-race/2013/08/29/5f6aa21e-0e87-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/01/17/michael-reagan-ronald-reagan-friend-blacks-obama/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044075/

Michael Reagan and Fox are void, and that "I have a black friend so I'm not racist" is  a very BS defense.

[Mr. Smith]

He also has record of defending the practices real estate agents used to discriminate against minorities when running for Governor where housing is concerned.