Constitutional Government

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11. Both of them were white men and slaveholders who only considered...

the rights of white men, even when some of their contemporaries were more enlightened (Jefferson particularly was brilliant and complicated but is the poster child for hypocrisy in relations with Sally Hemings, his child and the father of her children. What the effin' fuck? And despite his great writings on the liberty and all, he slaves weren't released until after his death) . And they lived in the 18th century. when enslavement was prevalent.

Wilson wrote and was president in the 20th century with no slavery and was from academia. More enlightenment would've been nice.

But wait, hold it an effin' minute. Let's stop making excuses for these white, male racist slaveholders. Many of their contemporaries knew better.

And Blacks and other POCs are still suffering from their legacy. Don't get me started on reparations owed from hundreds of years of stolen labor.