America was founded as a racist nation. From Article 1, Section 2, Paragraph 3 of the United States Constitution:
Representatives and direct Taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole Number of free Persons, including those bound to Service for a Term of Years, and excluding Indians not taxed, three fifths of all other Persons.
It makes just as much sense to cite that in favor of slavery as to cite the article's title in favor of protectionism.
Maybe we should just adopt the Living Constitution paradigm of the Left and get over it, huh? The Constitution is soooo Old Dead White Guy, right?
Fweee Twade = multiculturalism = We all hold hands and sing We Are the Weird
Gosh it sounds so Wonderful
We might even forget the Great Recession for a minute or two
Pulling the Race Card in a free trade discussion?! Jeez...
The 3/5ths compromise is an acknowledgment that the elected representatives of a slave State did not represent fully the interests of their slave constituents, but at best, only 3/5ths of their concerns.
And you are absolutely incorrect to say that the provision is at all racists. The only “race” mentioned is Indians, and then it was their POLITICAL allegiance that was of merit to the argument, not their race (i.e. “Indians not taxed”).