Thomas Jefferson is an odd case. He makes a lot of seemingly racist remarks. Lots of people call him racist because of this.
I just want to pose a few questions. Could this be because this was the "normal" way people talked about blacks and slaves at the time? Could this be to make a point of how foolish people sound when talking like that?
I personally can't see how the man who wanted to abolish slavery with the Declaration of Independence, and even with the Constitution, could be so abhorrently racist. I just don't see it. So there has to be a reason behind what seems racist to us in today's world. I think it's because we have gotten so much more focused on "political correctness" that anything that could be taken offensively could be seen as racist or bad.
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