H.L Mencken was an elitist, racist journalist who saw no worth in people of colour and Jews. Like so much of a complicated world, he was also a great American journalist, writer, satirist who made this prophesy in the Baltimore Sun in 1920:

"As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart's desire at last, and the White House will be occupied by a downright fool and complete narcissistic moron."

For Mencken, he or she could only be white