Posted on 07/03/2020 5:20:56 PM PDT by Altura Ct.
A law professor at the University of Texas-Austin has called for the US Constitution to be ‘updated’, claiming that it has ‘racist words’ and that it is written in ‘gendered language’.
Writing in The Hill this week, Richard Albert stated that the document’s “gendered and racist words stand in the way of true reconciliation in this divided country and have no place in any modern society.”
“The Constitution is replete with obsolete and outdated language that weakens rather than enhances the feeling of belonging that a constitution should generate among a country’s citizens,” the professor proclaims.
The ‘racist’ part of the Constitution, Albert claims, comes in the 13th Amendment, despite the fact that it actually abolishes slavery.
Albert argues that the Fugitive Slave Clause remains, claiming it serves as “a painful reminder of America’s original sin.”
Albert also argues that because all pronouns in the Constitution are male, it is discriminatory.
“Imagine how schoolchildren must feel when they read the Constitution in their basic civics course. Some will be made to feel less than welcome in their own country… The highest law of the land creates a hierarchy of citizenship.” he writes.
The professor also argues against claims that altering the Constitution as it was written would water it down, claiming that if “racist and gendered terms” are removed, then the Constitution “would celebrate equality and inclusion, and give Americans a text proudly to call their own — one in which they would see themselves and their hopes reflected.”
Canadian. He is a true moron. STFU Commie.
When I was a little girl I did notice the reference to “all Men” but assumed since it was capitalized I would take it as a generalism, as in, mankind.
It didn’t cause me years of anguish nor make me feel left out. My age made me feel left out. You can’t do anything when you’re just a kid.
I suggest the professor grow up.
I hate to break it to the so called professor, but “YOU JUST CAN’T FIX STUPID”.
1968 USMC Took that Oath seriously at the time; STILL DO!
5th MEB
Well, there is that clearly-defined process for amending the Constitution. I suggest the professor go do it.
The other bad news about this idiot is he probably gets paid 6 figures to teach at UTA law school. The good news is he probably only teaches two courses a week, therefore influencing very few students. Another comforting thought is that most of the students that he teaches, and that graduate, and that pass the bar exam will end up as bankruptcy attorneys or bill collection attorneys—lower on the totem pole than Rachel from the credit card company. Every once in a while, one will become a “contributor” to a cable news network—a bottom dweller in the swamp.
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