Equality is nonexistent. One of the most significant contradictory statements in American history was written by Thomas Jefferson when he included “all men are created equal” in the preamble of the Declaration of Independence. A contradiction occurs when two opposing ideological beliefs are held at the same time by the same people, causing tensions in society and eventually producing social change. The ways in which African Americans were treated from the founding of America and onward are what contradict the ideology stated by Jefferson. The racialization of groups of people is in opposition to the idea of all men being created equal. Simply identifying two people as being different demonstrates that they are not equal. If they were
