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race is a belief
by tootallgavin 4y ago
race is a belief
- hemogloben 4y agoNot a belief, just totally consistent originalism. Well known fact the founders supported interracial marriages.
- lern_too_spel 4y agoIt's a well-known fact among constitutional scholars that the founders supported abortion too. https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/15/abortion-history-founders-alito/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2022/05/15/abortion-h... This isn't about originalism. This is about the sitting judges' religious beliefs.
- peteradio 4y agoRead that article and it does not give any founders opinion on the subject.
- lern_too_spel 4y agoYou're right. i posted the wrong article. The point of that article is that abortion was so widespread and unregulated that most founders wouldn't even think it worth their time to write down their opinion about it. This is the droid you're looking for: https://www.npr.org/2022/05/18/1099542962/abortion-ben-franklin-roe-wade-supreme-court-leak https://www.npr.org/2022/05/18/1099542962/abortion-ben-frank... It reiterates the thesis of the first article: "It just wasn't something to be remarked upon. It was just a part of everyday life."
- tootallgavin 4y agoThe concentration of melanin in one's skin is not important
- foodforthots 4y agoPrincipal component analysis over genotypes and phenotypes inevitably reveals major differences along the axes commonly known as race.