On ‘Birthing’ Equal Perception
The Abolitionist Examiner
by Adam Abraham
May/June 2004
SACRAMENTO — If placed "on the spot" and asked to answer without prior warning, most reasonable people will readily agree with the idea that all human beings are, under the surface, "equal." Indeed, the self-evident idea that "all men are created equal," which spawned the American Revolution, is one of the cornerstones of the Declaration of Independence. It was so powerful because it was not a revelation, but a courageous declaration of an already known, but unspoken Truth. It stood out as no longer a secret or deniable, in stark contrast to the reality that was life in 18th Century prenatal America.
The Truth of human equality really did set America free. While the British didn't agree, the principle of equality held within it the power to defeat what was then the greatest nation on earth. An even more powerful country came into being, on the principle of individual freedom and social equality. Principle? Yes. Practice? Well, not exactly.
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