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First Americans

Mike__M

(1,052 posts) Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:12 PM Jan 2019

So, who are "we the people"?

Who decides? DJT? RBG?

Women earning 70 cents to the dollar . . . we shouldn't be surprised: the Constitution is working. Our prisons are full of people of color . . . the Constitution is working.
White male supremacy is a bipartisan value.
Women and African-Americans will never be truly included in "We the People" until we deal with the racism and sexism in our founding and the dehumanizing precedent for land title.

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So, who are "we the people"? (Original Post) Mike__M Jan 2019 OP

What did the Founders mean by the phrase? guillaumeb Jan 2019 #1

guillaumeb

(42,649 posts)

1. What did the Founders mean by the phrase?

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Mon Jan 28, 2019, 05:24 PM

Jan 2019

They certainly did not mean the First Peoples, or women, or slaves.

All three were treated as property, or as obstacles to be eliminated.

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