Madden David P.
Madden David P. - The Constitution And American Racism Setting A Course For Lasting Injustice - Paperback
Madden David P. - The Constitution And American Racism Setting A Course For Lasting Injustice - Paperback
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Description: Racism has permeated the workings of the U. S. Constitution since ratification. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention supporters of slavery ensured it was protected by rule of law. The federal government upheld slavery until it was abolished by the Civil War; then supported the South's Jim Crow power structure. From Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era until today veneration of the Constitution has not prevented lynching segregation voter intimidation or police brutality against people of color. The Electoral College - - a Constitutional accommodation for slaveholding aristocrats who feared popular government - - has twice in 20 years given the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote. This book describes how pernicious flaws in the Constitution included to legalize profiting from human bondage perpetuate systemic racism economic inequality and the subversion of democracy.
Title: The Constitution And American Racism Setting A Course For Lasting Injustice
Author(s): Madden David P.
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476683942
Pages: 213 Pages, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 12/14/2020
Category: Political Structure & Processes
Description: Racism has permeated the workings of the U. S. Constitution since ratification. At the 1787 Constitutional Convention supporters of slavery ensured it was protected by rule of law. The federal government upheld slavery until it was abolished by the Civil War; then supported the South's Jim Crow power structure. From Reconstruction through the Civil Rights Era until today veneration of the Constitution has not prevented lynching segregation voter intimidation or police brutality against people of color. The Electoral College - - a Constitutional accommodation for slaveholding aristocrats who feared popular government - - has twice in 20 years given the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote. This book describes how pernicious flaws in the Constitution included to legalize profiting from human bondage perpetuate systemic racism economic inequality and the subversion of democracy.
Title: The Constitution And American Racism Setting A Course For Lasting Injustice
Author(s): Madden David P.
Publisher: Mcfarland & Co Inc
Barcode: 9781476683942
Pages: 213 Pages, Notes, Bibliography, Index
Publication Date: 12/14/2020
Category: Political Structure & Processes
