From: Courtney Puckett

The Declaration of Independence states that every person should be able to live in a Nation with “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness”. One of our founding fathers Thomas Jefferson was portrayed as believing that whites were superior to blacks. However, they fail to mention that Jefferson had an intimate relationship with one of his multiple slaves and had multiple children with her. Since racism is not being addressed properly in the constitution, problems of racism continue to be a problem currently because of the constant struggle for equal rights and equality for all races such as: Latinos, Chinese, African American, Korean, and Hawaiian etc. This shows that the Declaration of Independence is not being followed specifically by the United States of America and not even by one of our founding fathers, Thomas Jefferson that created the Declaration of Independence in 1776. However, we need to live up to the values our nation is based upon, like “Life, Liberty and the pursuit of happiness” from the Declaration of Independence. This should be something that our Nation follows directly in our current society to help resolve problems like racism, inequality, discrimination and prejudices that were present in 1776 and have carried into 2009.