Why Black Americans Are More Than Stolen People on Stolen Land
<p>Tobe a Black American is to be a citizen of one of the wealthiest countries in the world without the privileges associated with this nationality. It is, in essence, to be given rank without power, a flatscreen with no remote, a brand-new car without keys, a clean title, and insurance. This marginalization is not the product of careless oversight but rather the result of the cool, calculated decisions of this country’s founders. While the term “slavery” does not appear even once in the Constitution, David Waldstreicher, a historian, noted that out “of its eighty-four clauses, six are directly concerned with slaves and their owners,” and “five others had implications for slavery.” In essence, this country’s founders were constantly embattled over the status of Black Americans, a discourse that continues in the modern era.</p>
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