Commentary
If I have read or heard it once, I have read or heard it a few thousand times: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”
Other than “freedom,” no single word describes more accurately than the word “equality” what it means to be an American.
For decades, our nation has struggled to extend the promise of equal rights and equal treatment to all Americans without regard to their skin color, ethnic background, or country of origin.
Our constitution guarantees “equal protection” of the law, and our civil rights statutes codify that guarantee and specifically apply it to various sectors of American life, such as voting rights, employment, and college admissions.
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