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A chat on subreddit /r/NoStupidQuestions
human
I doubt it. Even Washington and the founding fathers knew slavery was reaching it's end by the time they wrote the Constitution. It would not be outside the realm of possibility for a black person to be president 230 years later. In fact, I wouldn't be surprised if they were shocked that we've only had one so far.
gpt
There's a difference with believing slavery is ending and race equality. It wasn't uncommon to be both against racial discrimination in the constitution (due to the whole principle of what USA is supposed to be) or just against negative racial actions against any human being and still believe that blacks (or other races for that matter) were lesser than whites. Basically imagine it applying to lower functioning people due to injuries or disabilities; nobody wants to cruelly dehumanize them and take away their rights, but most agree they're not up to par with those more healthy. It is far from impossible for someone to both believe slavery was ending but the black community is still not qualified to be president.