How Has America Changed Over Time

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America is the land of the free, home of the brave. As an American I learned those words as soon as I started elementary school. America is the greatest country on earth… or is it? America has a history of oppressing people because of race, occupation, and heritage. Yet as a people we like to say that, that is in the past and now we are inclusive as ever and everyone is considered equal. This statement is simply untrue. America has had the same divisive mentality since its birth as a country in 1783. Over 200 years of legislation has not changed the mindset of America. The American mindset has never truly changed because people are still being oppressed, no one is completely equal,