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The “founding fathers are illegitimate because they owned slaves” argument is very prevalent in black communities. If you enter into a discussion and use the constitution in your argument, it will be dismissed. I have even been told “you can take your constitution and wipe your @ss with it”.

A generation (or two) of our black population has been taught that there is a ‘pie’ (remember Obama talking about pie...remember the intro song to the Jeffersons talked about getting a piece of that pie). The pie just sits there...all of this nation’s wealth is there for the taking. And, as the story goes, evil white men took most of that pie when the wrote the constitution. This is where the 3/5 compromise gets brought up as proof, plus they owned slaves.

Therefore, it is very legitimate to disobey the law and steal - especially from the white guy.

Its sad...but very prevalent. When I was in the Army, I really thought it was a color blind organization, where anybody could get promoted based on merit...still believe that. And I worked with some incredible people who were black. But every once in a while, these very intelligent and hard working people would let the façade slip - and even they held this world view.

One could cheerfully reply that yes this was a mistake — the first such case involved a slave owner of the same race as the slave, and the “soft bigotry of low expectations” was applied there instead of standing up for freedom and saying no...

But anyhow the constitution has been amended now, and it’s sad if you want to cut off your nose to spite your face but, other than the criminal justice system, it can’t be forced to stop.

The “founding fathers are illegitimate because they owned slaves” argument is very prevalent in black communities. If you enter into a discussion and use the constitution in your argument, it will be dismissed. I have even been told “you can take your constitution and wipe your @ss with it”.
A generation (or two) of our black population has been taught that there is a ‘pie’ (remember Obama talking about pie...remember the intro song to the Jeffersons talked about getting a piece of that pie). The pie just sits there...all of this nation’s wealth is there for the taking. And, as the story goes, evil white men took most of that pie when the wrote the constitution. This is where the 3/5 compromise gets brought up as proof, plus they owned slaves.
Therefore, it is very legitimate to disobey the law and steal - especially from the white guy.

Its sad...but very prevalent. When I was in the Army, I really thought it was a color blind organization, where anybody could get promoted based on merit...still believe that. And I worked with some incredible people who were black. But every once in a while, these very intelligent and hard working people would let the façade slip - and even they held this world view.

A very good explanation of why we are at here politically.