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Has America lived up to Jefferson’s words that “all men are created equal?” Why and why not

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At the time Jefferson wrote that, all men were created equal, but they certainly were not treated as equals. Slavery was thriving in that time, but today slavery is long gone in the US and, though there will always be racism in this world, overall we are doing a much better job at upholding Jefferson's words.

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