Louisiana rep: Declaration of Independence is 'racist'

[LogikAndReazon]

Imagine how illiterate the garbage is that elected that mindless neanderthal ..... Lol

 

[regent]

Has the Declaration of Independence been declared communist yet?

 

[IndependantAce]

Louisiana rep causes outrage by implying Declaration of Independence is racist: Politician says students shouldn't recite it as it was conceived in time of slavery

• Bill proposed students between 4th and 6th grade recite passage every day
• Barbara Norton argued against it, pointing out the inequalities that persisted despite document's famous line that 'all men are created equal'
• Literacy laws in Jim Crow era also disenfranchised black people, asking them to read or recite from the Declaration of Independence before voting
• Valarie Hodges shelved the bill and called amendments suggesting students recite other historial texts 'poison pills'
• She said memorizing the passage was as important as Math, English, or conjugating verbs

A Louisiana lawmaker argued against a bill requiring public school students to recite excerpts from the Declaration of Independence because 'only Caucasians were free' at the time it was penned.

While the Declaration of Independence states 'all men are created equal', it took nearly a century later before the 15th amendment allowed men regardless of 'race, color, or previous condition of servitude' to vote.

Barbara Norton said it was 'unfair' to require children to recite the founding document, given it was written when slavery was still widespread.

Republican representative Valarie Hodges shelved the bill, which required public school students in grades four, five and six to recite a passage every day.

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Look at that beautiful face.

Hey we knew this was coming, along with the calls to dig up the graves of old confederate generals, seems like some on the far left are just hell bent on attacking anything traditional.

Wonder when the calls to dig up the grave of former Klansman Robert Byrd (D) will begin.

 

[Wyld Kard]

The left is ALWAYS looking for a reason to label something racist, just to stir up some controversy.

The Declaration of Independence is not nor has it ever been a racist document. There is nothing wrong with having school children recite it.

Barbara Norton (D) of Louisiana on the other hand, is just another shit-for-brains liberal politician who's thinks she knows what's best for everyone, but in reality she doesn't even have a goddamn clue.