> principles of all men being created equal, along with inalienable rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
Unless you're black. Or female. Or Asian. etc.
Why does this founding myth persist?
Unless you're black. Or female. Or Asian. etc.
Why does this founding myth persist?
Being Asian in Asia?
Do they have the same freedoms? Face the same discrimination?
If your measure is perfection than no country meets your standards.
The criticism that the Constitution didn't go all the way in the first go is a bit unreasonable. People forget how far it did go. For example, it rejected the notion of a nobility class. It explicitly rejected establishment of a state religion. We forget how exceptional this was at the time, we just take it for granted.