Hey, look, the well-regulated militia is at it again.
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With the Civil Rights Act of 1875, Congress enacted legislation that prohibited racial discrimination in the provision of public accommodations. 8 years later, in a judgment invalidating it, SCOTUS disapprovingly lectured Black plaintiffs, declaring that “when a man has emerged from slavery…there must be some stage in the progress of his elevation when he takes the rank of a mere citizen & ceases to be the special favorite of the laws.”
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A key defect of the Civil Rights Act, according to Johnson, was that it established “for the security of the colored race safeguards which go infinitely beyond any that the general government has ever provided for the white race. In fact, the distinction of race and color is by the bill made to operate in favor of the colored and against the white race.”
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Johnson vetoed the Civil Rights Act of 1866 b/c to him, this amounted to “a discrimination against large numbers of intelligent, worthy & patriotic foreigners, and in favor of the Negro, to whom, after long years of bondage, the avenues to freedom and intelligence have just now been suddenly opened.” He also opposed the provision in the act affording federal protection to civil rights, b/c of “discriminating protection to colored persons.”
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The Civil Rights Act of 1866 bestowed citizenship upon all persons born in the US & endowed all persons with the same rights as white people in terms of issuing contracts, owning property, suing or being sued or serving as witnesses. This law was proposed because SCOTUS ruled in Dred Scott v. Sanford that Black Americans were ineligible for federal citizenship, and b/c many states denied Black Americans the most basic rights.
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When abolitionists petitioned Congress to emancipate slaves, Senator John C. Calhoun objected, warning that “the next step would be to raise the Negroes to a social and political equality with whites; and that being effected, we would soon find the present condition of the two races reversed.” Black Americans would be masters and white people slaves.
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The history of Affirmative Action is rooted in a complex interplay of historical circumstances, executive orders, legislation, & court decisions. It was a response to racial inequalities faced by marginalized groups. It aimed to counteract discrimination & create a more diverse & inclusive society by implementing policies that provided additional support to underrepresented individuals. These are the facts.
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