In point of fact, it was a statement about whether or not Thurmond would have made a better President than Truman.
You might think that's a ridiculous question - you just love Truman, right?
Look, the Dems of that day were the party of racism. Thurmand didn't like blacks. Truman hated Asians.
Your lack of interest in that stark historic fact suggests some interesting things about your own attitudes toward Asians and Asian-americans - things that should disqualify you from ANY discussion of other folk's supposed racism.