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David P. Madden

 
9781476683942: The Constitution and American Racism: Setting a Course for Lasting Injustice
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ISBN 10: 1476683948 ISBN 13: 9781476683942
Editorial: McFarland and Company, Inc., 2020

Sinopsis

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.

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Acerca del autor

David P. Madden is a retired trial lawyer having tried a substantial number of cases in federal and state courts throughout the U.S. He was a National Board of Trial Advocacy Certified Civil Trial Advocate, AV rated for professionalism and ethics by Martindale Hubbell, and a Lieutenant Colonel in the JAG Corps, who has taught law, American history and military history at the college level. He lives in Dayton, Ohio.

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Editorial
McFarland and Company, Inc.
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
1476683948
ISBN 13 
9781476683942
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
214
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