[iconoclast]

But you don't believe that is because they were white, do you?

This seems to have become the point for many of you here. If I did, would that make my statement untrue?

[Alter Kaker]

This seems to have become the point for many of you here. If I did, would that make my statement untrue?

Yes. American founding fathers wrote what they wrote because of access to European enlightenment tradition, not because of melanin content of their skin.