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A BILL
To restrict executive agencies from acting in contravention
of Executive Order 13950, and for other purposes.

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(d) LIMITATION ON FUNDS.—An Executive agency or
8 any other recipient of Federal funds may not use Federal
9 funds to teach or advance the idea, or otherwise award
10 any grant or subgrant using Federal funds to any Execu11 tive agency, entity, or individual that teaches or otherwise
12 advances the idea, that—
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(5) the founding documents of the United
9 States, including the Declaration of Independence
10 and the Constitution of the United States, are fun
11 damentally racist documents.

Quote (Cannabist @ Jun 29 2021 11:21pm)

StOp MaKiNg So MaNy ThReAdS

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ 30 Jun 2021 06:10)

In my ongoing compilation of conservative cancel culture in the modern era, I've come across this gem.

Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would restrict funds to anybody who teaches accurate history of the constitution. In other words, if you so much as bring up the 3/5ths compromise, or the reconstruction amendments, you may be stripped of your federal funds.

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/20210624_ENDCRTAct.pdf

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jun 29 2021 11:31pm)

The bolded claim is not supported by the passage of the bill that you quoted. Bringing up one section of the Constitution which reflected the common-place racism of the time does not imply or prove that the Constitution is "fundamentally racist". Neither does bringing up a difficult political compromise which was necessary due to reality of slavery at the time.

This bill is clearly aimed against stuff like the discredited 1619 project by the nytimes which asserts that racism and slavery were THE defining, fundamental founding principle of America.

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ 30 Jun 2021 06:32)

Except the constitution is a fundamentally racist document because it enshrines slavery of a racial group.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jun 29 2021 11:31pm)

This bill is clearly aimed against stuff like the discredited 1619 project by the nytimes which asserts that racism and slavery were THE defining, fundamental founding principle of America.

Quote (Black XistenZ @ Jun 29 2021 11:37pm)

Do you consider the Constitution to be sexist because it doesnt contain women's suffrage?

At the end of the day, historical documents have to be seen in historical context. The Constitution did not normalize or justify slavery and racism, it merely acknowledged the social realities of the time. The festering conflict over slavery which took place over a span of decades before culminating in the Civil War shows that the Constitution did not establish or enshrine racism and slavery in the places where these things were not normalized or accepted at the time of the ratification.

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Jun 29 2021 10:10pm)

In my ongoing compilation of conservative cancel culture in the modern era, I've come across this gem.

Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would restrict funds to anybody who teaches accurate history of the constitution. In other words, if you so much as bring up the 3/5ths compromise, or the reconstruction amendments, you may be stripped of your federal funds.

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/20210624_ENDCRTAct.pdf

Quote (NetflixAdaptationWidow @ Jun 29 2021 09:10pm)

In my ongoing compilation of conservative cancel culture in the modern era, I've come across this gem.

Ted Cruz has introduced a bill that would restrict funds to anybody who teaches accurate history of the constitution. In other words, if you so much as bring up the 3/5ths compromise, or the reconstruction amendments, you may be stripped of your federal funds.

https://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Bills/20210624_ENDCRTAct.pdf