Author Topic: Louisiana: Lawmaker labels Declaration of Independence racist in debate  (Read 1107 times)

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The Declaration of Independence came under attack from an unlikely quarter—a state legislator.

Louisiana lawmaker Barbara Norton (D-Shreveport), argued that America’s founding document was racist during debate on a bill requiring public school students in the state to recite the Declaration of Independence daily, Fox & Friends reported Saturday.

“For the Declaration of Independence only Caucasians (were) free,” Norton, who is black, said Wednesday during the debate on the floor of the Louisiana House of Representatives. “And for you to bring a bill to require that our children will recite the Declaration of Independence I think it’s a little bit unfair.”

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/05/28/louisiana-lawmaker-labels-declaration-independence-racist-in-debate.html
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