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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a non-american, can someone post the content of these amendments?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Summaries from Wikipedia:

13

Abolishes slavery, and involuntary servitude, except as punishment for a crime

14

Defines citizenship, contains the Privileges or Immunities Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the Equal Protection Clause, and deals with post–Civil War issues

15

Prohibits the denial of the right to vote based on race, color or previous condition of servitude

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

To expand for a non-American who still may not understand the context:

The 13th amendment abolishes slavery in the US, where slavery at the time (prior to 1865) was based on the notion in the southern states that you could and should be owned as a slave if you were black. That included lifelong servitude of you and your children, any punishment deemed appropriate including severe physical punishments, and murder without consequence. Even if you were a free black man, and not shipped in from Africa like the majority of slaves, you could be captured by police and auctioned to someone to work on their plantation.

The 14th amendment establishes primarily that all persons in the US are equal regardless of the color of their skin. The bloodiest war in US history (Civil War, 1861-1865) was fought over the right for the southern states to declare it legal to own slaves, vs the northern states wanting slavery abolished federally. These amendments were ratified after the north won. Even after the war, it took another hundred years before Americans as a whole saw non-white people as equal. This and the next amendment were very much necessary to protect the newly found rights of former slaves.

The 15th, at least, is self explanatory.

The point of this meme is literally positing that it's ok to make black people slaves again if other parts of the constitution can change, because they're pretty boldly racist. There's not much else to it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I mean yeah, theoretically. Do you think any of the politicians anyone votes for would support something so blatantly evil?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I genuinely can’t tell if this is a rhetorical question or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

It should be, but unfortunately the answer is yes. Don't forget to vote, even in non-presidential election years.

Actually, especially in the off years. Fewer people vote, so yours has more of an impact, and also the EC doesn't screw you over

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The Right murdering "Benefit of the Doubt" in its sleep again? Must be a day during one of the first 12 months of the year.