I would contend, as would many, that that core values of the United States of America are enshrined in it's founding documents, especially including the Declaration of Independence, the first founding document and the basis for all others.

The second paragraph starts with this sentence:

“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.”

That sounds an awful lot like a democracy, doesn't it? It sure is noble.

Ironically, it is more “noble” than you might think. The key is in the word “men” and the meaning at the time. To derive this, one need only look at who had the right to vote, to establish the government, and to have all those basic rights: white Christian male landowners. Being white, male, Christian, and owning land meant you were an American citizen, with all the rights afforded you by the founding documents of the nation. Being anything but meant you were not equal, not entitled to these self-evident rights. And to white Christian male landowners, it was self-evident that they were superior.

Curiously, being a white male Christian landowner also gave you another right, besides the right to vote: the right to own slaves. Further evidence of the racist origins of America can be confirmed by the first US Census, which categorized people in 5 categories: free white male adults, free white male children, free white females, all other free persons, and slaves which were counted as 3/5ths of a person. Native Americans were not even counted as human beings.

So let's fast forward to today, and examine who is in the Whitehouse: a white male Christian landowner, a man who thinks America used to be great, and which begs a question yet asked: when was America great in his mind?

So, are the accusations that Trump and thus America is a racist nation well founded, or just conspiracy?

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