Thomas Jefferson's Fear of the “Wolf”


harmonious, multiracial society.

The anger that fuels the reparations movement today, evident in the "America owes us" rhetoric of Al Sharpton, reminds us of Jefferson's fear of the "wolf." For the sake of our country and its future, let us hope that Jefferson's prediction will not come to pass and that racial harmony is achievable in our great country.

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