Thought the history of the United States Black people have been asked to pay their “just quota” but have received nothing in return. There has never been any fair judge between the Black person and his neighbors and since the existence of an after life has yet to be confirmed I cannot state if the natural rights of Black people were later respected. Black men have fought for this country long before the idea it could be a country existed. Yet Blacks have not reaped any benefits of entering society. Adams states “he should be also willing to pay his just quota for the support of government” but after he has paid and received noting in return should he not receive a refund. Moreover he has paid to provide the government with resources and those resources are used against him what then should he do.
My ancestors have paid with their labor both mentally and physically. They have sacrificed their loved ones, lost their ancestral heritage and most tragically they have paid with their lives. Yet still they have gotten nothing from entering “society”. Perhaps we have not been admitted into society and this is why we have little rights afforded by our neighbors or could it simply be the judge and arbiters deemed we have not paid our just quota. If the for mentioned is the case then how many more lives, how many more generations do we have to sacrifice, how many more children will have to grow up wondering if they have a place in the American society”. The laws were out in place to ensure the Black persons potion in society would be marginal. OF course readers could easily point out our current president but I would respond by adding even his position has been marginalized. Obama has not been able to use all the power his position normally allows and each attempt he makes to improve our society the true controllers place blockades in his way. Obama seems reluctant to show the reach of his power perhaps he knows America cannot take the image of a Black man in power and exerting said power against them. In fact those in real power dared to say I will not work for him or I will not show up to vote until he is no longer in office.
To be Black in America is like being a bird in a cage placed near a window. You get to see the outside world, you get to see the free birds fly, but you only get to fly inside the confides of your cage. If you are a good bird you get to fly around the house and mimic the movements of the birds you watched fly by the window. As for the black person in America you get to take the train to work downtown if your good but when the work day is complete you must return to your homes in the cage of the inner city. When will the “just Quota” Adams wrote about hundreds of years ago be reached? If you are holding Obama up as the realization of Blacks meeting their “just quota” then I ask you when will the war on Black men cease? When will jobs be placed back in Black communities? When will police stop randomly stopping young and elderly black men and searching them because they fit the “description”?
Questions to be considered for the Mid Term should be reflective of the class demographics. Therefore I offer the following questions to your sample pool:
1.How have the documents used to create the framework for what is now the United States been used to oppress the non- white populations in America? If you do not feel the documents were used against them how have they been used to include them in society?
2.How were women marginalized in the founding of our nation?
3. Since the founding of our country little has been added to the founding documents to support our ever changing societies needs, do you think larger adjustment need to be made to our governing documents to make them more relevant to today’s society?
