The Founding Fathers Never Wanted Democracy (Then They Wrote The Bill of Rights) *Teaser*
The Bill of Rights is the ultimate receipt. The Founding Fathers did not mean to create such a banger of a document that helped enshrine equality and justice for all, they really only meant for landowning white men. Then social movements, wars, and freedom happened and Americans are still trying to live up to this document. Francesca sits down with acclaimed author and Professor Robin DG Kelley, a black radical historian whose work has been instructive for thinkers, organizers and activists.
They dive into how democracy in America has never truly existed, save for a brief moment in the…
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