ORIGINAL: Morison
ORIGINAL: britbrat
ORIGINAL: skier
The people who built and designed the Constitution and American government were mostly white, highly educated, wealthy males.
Curious comment -- the document itself is an inspired work & stands on its own merits (there was no other like it in the history of the world at that time, & precious few even now) -- who cares about the racial & social backgrounds of the authors?
Perhaps he was referring to the fact that at the time the Constitution was written, Blacks were enslaved and women didn't have rights...
Blacks were enslaved in Africa, as well. Women had few rights elsewhere in the world. look at Israel NOW. 229 years after that sacred document went into effect, women still have no rights.
Learn something about the world.
Also, skier, yes, those who drafted the Constitution were white, highly educated wealthy males. Show me one country (England, Canada, etc etc) in which white, highly educated males are not "in charge", free or not, and I'll show you a disgruntled society (as a whole) with a crappy economy.