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Myth versus reality in nation’s founding
In response to Charlotte Cushmann’s statement (April 3 letter) that our country was founded on the idea that people have rights.
That’s not quite accurate. The only people who had rights were …
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Myth versus reality in nation’s founding
In response to Charlotte Cushmann’s statement (April 3 letter) that our country was founded on the idea that people have rights.
That’s not quite accurate. The only people who had rights were white men. Women had no rights, the native people certainly had no rights, the slaves who were hauled here in chains had no rights. So really, our country was founded on genocide and built on the backs of slaves.
And by the way…what is wrong with being our brother’s keeper? Isn’t that what Jesus taught?
Jacki Fisher
Ely, Minn.
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