Sundance508
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This has been gone over at one point or another just about on every political board....but still yet...a lot of confusion exists regarding Equality and the Constituion as well as Equality itself...there is even a group calling themselves 'equalists' who really believe everyone is equal and in every way....as ridiculous as that is....no doubt picked that up in the classrooms of our public schools.
Anyhow to get back to Equality and the Constitution...............
Equality and the Constitution
The principle of equality is so central to American ideology that we often forget that the word does not appear in the Constitution. We often forget that Jefferson's iconic phrase "all men are created equal" is in the Declaration of Independence—a document that has no real legal power. It was written to declare and explain our separation from Great Britain, and while it may offer a set of ideals that we as a nation are committed to, it does not carry the sort of legal weight held by legislative statutes or judicial precedents.
The closest thing to the word or concept of "equality" in the Constitution is found in the Fourteenth Amendment. Added to the Constitution in 1868, this amendment contains a clause stating that "no state shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
In other words, the closest the Constitution comes to guaranteeing or advocating equality is the Fourteenth Amendment's declaration that the states must provide all people equal treatment under the law.
So how, have so many gotten it wrong?....well most of the blame I think must be placed on the public schools.....in their political correct zealotry they have intentionally or un-intentionally given the idea (most especially to young Negroes) that all folks are equal...as in intelligence wise, as in ability as in every way actually.
Thus it is not difficult to see why so many young negroes hate white folks....mistakenly believing that the only thing that seperates them from whites is a nebulous concept called White Privilege....except for that they really believe their achievements would rank right up there with all other races.
Anyhow to get back to Equality and the Constitution...............
Equality and the Constitution
- "All men are created equal" is in the Declaration of Independence, not the Constitution
- The word "equality" does not appear anywhere in the Constitution
- 14th Amendment guarantees "equal protection of the laws"
The principle of equality is so central to American ideology that we often forget that the word does not appear in the Constitution. We often forget that Jefferson's iconic phrase "all men are created equal" is in the Declaration of Independence—a document that has no real legal power. It was written to declare and explain our separation from Great Britain, and while it may offer a set of ideals that we as a nation are committed to, it does not carry the sort of legal weight held by legislative statutes or judicial precedents.
The closest thing to the word or concept of "equality" in the Constitution is found in the Fourteenth Amendment. Added to the Constitution in 1868, this amendment contains a clause stating that "no state shall . . . deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."
In other words, the closest the Constitution comes to guaranteeing or advocating equality is the Fourteenth Amendment's declaration that the states must provide all people equal treatment under the law.
So how, have so many gotten it wrong?....well most of the blame I think must be placed on the public schools.....in their political correct zealotry they have intentionally or un-intentionally given the idea (most especially to young Negroes) that all folks are equal...as in intelligence wise, as in ability as in every way actually.
Thus it is not difficult to see why so many young negroes hate white folks....mistakenly believing that the only thing that seperates them from whites is a nebulous concept called White Privilege....except for that they really believe their achievements would rank right up there with all other races.
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