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All: Includes “all.”
“All people are created equal.”
“All people are created equal.”
What was that they wrote?
Their truth on parchment paper.
Not an opinion or judgement,
but a false reality?
Who said except?
They said, “all”
A broad, short, cited statement.
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men,” Preamble to the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, 1776.
Who are the "all?”
The marginalized,
Black and Hispanic people,
the weak,
Transgender persons,
Gay people,
poor people,
disabled people
and those not included.
“To secure these rights, governments are instituted by men.”
Who are the "men?”
The ones who proclaim themselves as men,
white men,
the elite,
the rich,
the powerful,
the high and…
