Founding Documents of Today’s United States Thomas Allen Most Blacks, progressives, liberals, neoconservatives, establishment conservatives, libertarians, Negrophiles, Albusphobes, Dixiephobes, and Confederatephobes (hereafter referred to as “these people”) consider the Declaration of Independents (especially the phrase “all men are created equal”), the Emancipation Proclamation, the Gettysburg Address, the US Supreme Court’s Brown v. Education (1954) decision, and Martin Luther King’s speech “I Have a Dream” (especially the sentence “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”) to be the founding documents of today’s …show more content…
Unlike today, where the United States is a consolidated empire with an all-powerful central government and the States are merely subjugated provinces, the United States were originally established as a federation of sovereign republican States and remained so until Lincoln’s War. Although “these people” preach equality, they do not practice it. They believe that some people are more equal than others. Blacks are more equal than Whites. That is, Blacks are the superior race, and Whites are the inferior race while other nonwhites are in between. Above all of them are the oligarchs. 2. Emancipation Proclamation. Most of “these people” believe that Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation freed the slaves. It did not. The Emancipation Proclamation was a war propaganda document and freed no slaves. The Thirteenth Amendment freed the slaves. Lincoln even admitted that his proclamation had no legal justification or force, which is why he pushed a constitutional amendment to abolish slavery. With the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation, the genocide of Southerners began. Soon after its issuance, Lincoln’s army began warring against and deliberately killing children, women, and other civilians. This genocide continues to this …show more content…
US Supreme Court’s Brown V. Education. In Brown v. Education, the Supreme Court established two new basic principles. First, “feelings of racial inferiority have a constitutional status.” Second, “racial integration is the remedy for these ‘feelings of inferiority.’” Therefore, “private discrimination is a constitutional evil and racial diversity is a constitutional good.” Thus, racial integration is the remedy for the feeling of inferiority. However, an exception exists and that is Whites feeling inferior, and today many Whites feel inferior. (If these Whites did not feel inferior, they would not hate themselves and their race and promote the genocide of the White race.) Racial integration is the primary cause of White feeling inferior. This Supreme Court ruling gives the federal government almost absolute control over everything anyone does. Consequently, it destroys all freedoms and liberties. The Supreme Court’s ruling is based on a false premise. While its ruling justifies integration, it also justifies diversity. Yet, racial integration leads to amalgamation and homogenization, which destroys
The Proclamation of Emancipation stated that "all persons held as slaves" were to be freed in the Confederate states (436). Again, Lincoln relied on his powers as Commander-in-Chief, dictating that the slaves that were to be released only resided in states that were in open rebellion, namely the south, making it a military concern (436). He ignored the Union states and territories, knowing that the Supreme Court would rule it unconstitutional if the states were to sue for recourse, and knowing that the Confederacy could not take the issue to the Supreme Court because they were in open rebellion (436). Once the Civil War was finished, any suit against the Proclamation of Emancipation was made moot by the addition of the Thirteenth Amendment, which categorically and unequivocally forbid slavery. It was a very calculated order that changed the focus of the Civil War and impacted the future of the United
The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln in 1863, declared that all slaves in Confederate-held territory were to be set free. However, it wasn't until the 13th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified in 1865 that slavery
The significant legacies in the case of Brown v. Board of Education are the confrontation of the ideology with its constant denial of separation was not equal, the right to quality education, “dignity to self,” the creation of black middle class, and the setup of educational standards for personal achievement. Prior to the decision of Brown v. Board of Education, the federal government powered to enforce segregation under the Supreme Court’s ruling of permitting “separate but equal” doctrine towards the treatment between African Americans and whites. The following of the decision of Supreme Court’s ruling in the segregation in public schools considered as a violation to the Constitution shifted the ideas of the Justice Department and federal officials to acceptance of integration instead of obstruction. Education desegregation was not entirely devoted to the idea of inclusion but as well as the decision modified the social construction of the unidentified
Throughout the history of America, blacks have continuously been perceived as inferior to whites. At first, due to the legality of slavery, blacks were not identified as people, but property. This was a regular practice until the passing of the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments, which granted rights to black inhabitants of America. Hypothetically, these rights were to make newly freed slaves equal to their white cohabitants, but this wasn’t the case. Court cases, laws, and illicit practices, ensured that blacks would remain inferior to whites.
Brown v. Board of Education was a consolidated case that was a landmark decision by the United States Supreme Court in 1954, which faced the question, “Does the segregation of public education based solely on race violate the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment?” that declared that “separate but equal educational facilities for racial minorities are inherently unequal violating the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment” (Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1)). This essay will thoroughly cover the background and context of this case, the arguments presented on both sides, contemporary and legal reactions to the case, the impact of the decision, and its current relevance. The case originated in Topeka, Kansas
The prosecution and defense of Brown v. The Board of Education is known for their perspectives on how schools for Black children were not equal to the white schools, and that segregation violated the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment. The Brown v. The Board of Education case was a Supreme Court case stating that laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students were unconstitutional. This case was one of the cornerstones of the civil rights movement, and helped establish the precedent that “separate but equal” education and other services were not in fact equal. The Prosecution, Brown and his attorneys claimed that segregation in any school was harmful.
The Emancipation Proclamation opposed discrimination. It allowed black slaves to serve in the army and get other jobs, or continue to work on plantations, as employees making money. The Proclamation didn't affect slaves in southern areas already under Union control. The Emancipation Proclamation helped destroy the issue of slavery. Slavery was completely crushed with the 13TH amendment.
In order to win the war decisively, Abraham Lincoln had almost no choice but to enlist the aid of (previously banned) African American soldiers, and they could only do so by offering blacks their freedom. This was the origin of the Emancipation proclamation. The Emancipation Proclamation, said Alan, was actually a black enlistment proclamation. It didn’t free any slaves at all because the only slaves it liberated were under the jurisdiction of southern plantation owners who had no respect for the Union law anyways.
Brown v. Board of Education was a crucial cornerstone of the civil rights movement and is regarded as one of the most important Supreme Court decisions. This lawsuit drew attention to the racial disparities that African Americans experienced and called into question the "separate but equal" ideology that was implemented in educational facilities. The Supreme Court justices unanimously held in this landmark case that racial segregation in public schools was unconstitutional. Segragation went against the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, which maintains that no state can "deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws". Brown's judgment did not result in instant integration; instead, during the
Intro: The United States of America, despite her citizens heralding her as a country of freedom and equality, contains a history antithesis to their claims. Since settlers from Europe first discovered the "New World," racial inequality presided in her borders and refused to relinquish control despite America 's foundation of justice, liberty, and equality. Despite efforts from numerous groups throughout American history to liberate the country from the inequalities plaguing it, progress seemed gradual at best and stagnant at worst. However, in 1954 the movement finally appeared to escalate with the Supreme Court ruling in the Brown vs. The Board of Education case, which deemed the segregation of public schools immoral and unconstitutional.
The 13th amendment was passed by the congress on January 31, 1865, and ratified by the states on december 6, 1865. President Lincoln made the Emancipation Proclamation declaring “all persons held as slaves within any State, or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free.” The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery in the nation But it started to help abolishing slavery and making it and
White servants were given certain privileges that black servants were not given, such as land and the ability to testify in court. In giving them this slight taste of power their divide and conquer strategy effectively worked. Centuries later during the Civil War an incident similar to the previous one occurred where poor white people were convinced their skin color was more important than their economic interest. This type of mentality is still continuing today. I feel this is the most important point in Tim Wise’s speech because time and time again we are seeing events that are occurring that resemble and contain the same elements of this phenomenon.
One of Lincoln's most important accomplishments as president was his issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863, which declared that all slaves in the Confederate states "shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Although the proclamation did not immediately free any slaves, it signaled a major shift in the Union's war aims and helped to pave the way for the eventual passage of the 13th Amendment, which abolished slavery throughout the United
This proclamation was issued to help end slavery, as Mr. Lincoln believed that slavery was very wrong. The Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery right when it was issued, as many people think, however the emancipation proclamation,"did not free all slaves in the United States. Rather, it declared free only those slaves living in states not under Union control." (pbs) The final document of the Emancipation Proclamation took effect on January 1, 1863.
This also relates to the film Race: The Power of an Illusion (2003), as it portrayed the many different ways that the whites placed the African Americans and Native Americans at the bottom of the social ladder and ultimately kept them there until the civil rights movement which occurred much