We were not treated by our own government as proper human beings and consequently, some outsiders did not regard us as the same kind of humans as themselves.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.
The government has a history of not treating people fairly, from the internment of Japanese Americans in World War II to African-Americans in the Civil Rights era.
Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in a poor position to fix them.
We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves.
We don't function well as human beings when we're in isolation.
Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.
The Constitution, as originally drawn, made no reference to the fact that all Americans wre considered equal members of society.
Government has never increased the standard of living of one single human being in civilization's history. For some reason that simple truth has evaded everybody.
We must not allow other people's limited perceptions to define us.
We're not inherently anything but human.
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