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We should learn from our history so we won't be vulneable to the same thing.

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(1.5)
. And here you get the emergence of this idea of a white race      as a way to distinguish themselves from those dark-skinned people who they associate with perpetual slavery.

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as citizens we should look at the founding of this nation because racism happens throughout the world now and all started because of slavery and the constitution. if someone said that institutional racism isn't real i will show them how much more opportunities whites have and how many problems whites have to worry about.

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In the constitution and DOI it doesn't say "slavery" becuase they knew the were representing freedom

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In the podcast it explains how the north and south would make laws going back and forth on who and help and can't help with taking slaves

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(1.7 transcript)
some ideals that the system was created on were the pursuit of happiness, liberty, and inalienable rights of life.

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1.4
I learned that The Declaration of Independence and the Constitution are documents that provide the ideological foundations for the democratic government of the United States. The Declaration of Independence provides a foundation for the concept of popular authority , the idea that the government exists to serve the people, who elect representatives to express their will. The US Constitution outlines the blueprint for the US governmental system, which strives to balance individual liberty with public order.

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No matter what native american

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Selena (Slavery in the constitution Transcript)

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Selena (Slavery in the constitution Transcript)

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"African-Americans were routinely arrested on trumped up charges and convicted in sham trials
and when they could not pay the exorbitant court cost, they were leased to plantation owners and mine
representatives who could. It was slavery by another name."

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The system is built on if someone doesn't have the same skin color as you,that's where they determine if you belong or not.

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Black people was to get punished for working slowly doing labor and white people was given power to do whatever they please.

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every law and everybody was against all blacks so a system where blacks would be able to be successful

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i would tell them that they are delusional and that decades blacks have been mistreated and misused for labor and the white man´s gain

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1.3
It changed the population because American colonies shifted the balance of the power among the British, French and the Spanish colonies which also changed the colonies' relationship with indians. The French colonies replied back by reinforcing their claims military

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If someone was to tell me that institutional racism isn't real I would let them know everything that happened to blacks. I would let them know that 90% of the laws that we're made and passed we're for WHITES and ONLY WHITES.I would also let them know how and why the government didn't have any types of feelings or emotions when it came down to Blacks.

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white men with land, livestock, and ability to support their families had more power than women or poor white men.

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In the constitution slaves were accounted for by the 3/5 act. Not that they were less of person but they were three fifths of them the actually counted. This is the same as a backhanded compliment; A fake attmept at "equality"

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black people was disappointed because how the white people were treated them and they were getting tried of getting treated like that.

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When certain laws effected more against blacks than whites. For example

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i would tell that person that they don´t know anything about history. the system has treated colored people as a tool to use over many years. some people try to tell history and the facts don´t be true. people only see history in ways that they want to tell it. blacks was stripped of rights whiles whites was giving power for doing nothing.

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Black people

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It is important for people/citizens today should understand racism and racial inequality so they can understand the struggle and how unfair the system really is and just life in general for black people. Something I would say to someone who tells me that institution racism isnt real is put yourself in someone who doesn´t have the the same privilege as a white person shoes and see the amount of pointless phone calls and people losing their lives for no apparent reason.

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all should be have the same power, no one human being should be better than the other one

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poor people and Africans used to be on the same living status until they started rioting together then in the new world they decided to give white people more oppurtunities like their own land or jobs while colored people were sold into slavery (1.5 reading)

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it was ever hidden. Mesning that they knew they were wrong and didnr hide it

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I would tell that person that they're wrong because there is a lot of evidence throughout history of racism on how we as black people are treated differently for others benefits.

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Jordan Rogers Civil War OFFICIAL RECORD Fugitive Slave Act

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Jordan Rogers Civil War OFFICIAL RECORD Fugitive Slave Act

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This helped build this system where slavery was actually enforced by law with things like the laws made in the Fugitive Slave Act."Passed on September 18, 1850 by Congress, The Fugitive Slave Act of 1850 was part of the Compromise of 1850.  The act required that slaves be returned to their owners, even if they were in a free state".

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The constitution is a written hypocrisy. Fair was irrelevant image and power were the goal.

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whites started having superiority, power, rights and people of color started having their rights stripped, being dehumanized not being treated equally.

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The Mayflower Compact created laws for Mayflower Pilgrims and established the idea of self-government and religious freedom in the colonies.

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5.Why should we as citizens today look at the founding of this nation to understand racism and racial inequality today? What would you say to someone who tried to tell you that institutional racism ins't real?????

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5.Why should we as citizens today look at the founding of this nation to understand racism and racial inequality today? What would you say to someone who tried to tell you that institutional racism ins't real?????

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4.How can we connect the dots? How did all these factors come together to create a legal system that protected slavery and created racism?

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4.How can we connect the dots? How did all these factors come together to create a legal system that protected slavery and created racism?

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3.How did the founding documents (Declaration/ Constitution) serve to Institutionalize these power dynamics? Why did they do it?

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3.How did the founding documents (Declaration/ Constitution) serve to Institutionalize these power dynamics? Why did they do it?

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2. What power balances were established as the nation was forming? How were they established?

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2. What power balances were established as the nation was forming? How were they established?

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1. What ideals are the system built on? How did these ideas take take root?

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1. What ideals are the system built on? How did these ideas take take root?