The Constitution and American Racism

Setting a Course for Lasting Injustice
Erscheinungsjahr 2020
ISBN: 978-1-4766-8394-2
Verlag: McFarland

Buch, Englisch, 162 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 355 g

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. In 2016, the Electoral College-a Constitutional accommodation for slaveholding aristocrats who feared popular government-gave the presidency to the candidate who lost the popular vote by the widest margin in U.S. history. 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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Madden, David P.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Systeme
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gewalt und Diskriminierung: Soziale Aspekte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Geschichte der Sklaverei

Über Autor(innen)

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, a Lieutenant Colonel in the JAG Corps, and taught law, American history and military history at the college level. He lives in Dayton, Ohio.