Why was Lincoln "great?"

[J. Beckert]

Here's a not so sanitized view of Lincoln by a black author. Before we run Lincoln up the flagpole and mention "slavery" and the "Thirteenth Amendment" every time we talk about his political motives, we have to take a look at the man and his times.

http://lewrockwell.com/dilorenzo/dilorenzo241.html

Here's a synopsis of "benevolent racism" - as blacks call it.

Benevolent prejudice is a superficially positive type of prejudice that is expressed in terms of apparently positive beliefs and emotional responses. Though this type of prejudice associates supposedly good things with certain groups, it still has the result of keeping the group members in inferior positions in society (Whitley, 2010).[1] Benevolent prejudices can help justify any hostile prejudices a person has toward a particular group