I Would Like to Talk (Civilly) About the Generalization of "White People"

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(09-28-2016, 02:58 PM)BmorePat87 Wrote: I'm in agreement over the year, though I'd say the 2nd as the Second Continental Congress officially separated from England that day, though there's merit to the 4th as that's when we published it. 

Follow up question for anyone: Are the actions taken by the men in the Second Continental Congress and in the colonial (now State) legislatures wiped clean the moment we declared ourselves a sovereign nation? Can we claim any history prior to that point or be held responsible for the actions our founding fathers took while members of these legislative bodies?

Regardless of the usual suspect trying to paint folks as racist, ect...We cannot wipe anything clean; we just cannot hold the United States of America responsible.

My follow up question for anyone: Can we say we hate this country because slavery was here before it was a country?