{"id":1538826,"date":"2022-07-04T21:34:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-05T01:34:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538826"},"modified":"2022-07-04T21:34:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-05T01:34:16","slug":"npr-puts-july-4th-on-the-woke-wagon-scraps-annual-reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/npr-puts-july-4th-on-the-woke-wagon-scraps-annual-reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence\/","title":{"rendered":"NPR Puts July 4th On The Woke-Wagon, Scraps Annual Reading Of The Declaration Of Independence"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnpr-puts-july-4th-on-the-woke-wagon-scraps-annual-reading-of-the-declaration-of-independence%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1538826&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/npr-reporter-erupts-after-editor-criticizes-scotus-story-denied-by-justices\/\">NPR\u2019s<\/a> Steve Inskeep scrapped his traditional <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/this-july-4th-i-will-gladly-take-billie-joe-armstrongs-american-citizenship\/\">4th of July<\/a> reading of the Declaration of Independence on Monday after more than three decades, and instead opted to devote the segment to a discussion on equality.<\/p>\n<p>After a bit of a false start in 2021 \u2014 when the hosts read the Declaration but drew attention to what they believed were flaws and hypocrisies \u2014 Inskeep and his co-host Leila Fadel ended the 33-year tradition in 2022. They replaced it with an 11-minute segment examining what equality truly meant, both when the Declaration of Independence was written and in the years since then.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis July 4th we break with tradition,\u201d Fadel tweeted. \u201cInstead of a reading of the Declaration of Independence @NPRinskeep examines what equality means and has meant in this document. Important segment about our past and future \u2026 produced by @marcarivers and @bgordemer.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This July 4th we break with tradition. Instead of a reading of the Declaration of Independence <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NPRinskeep?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NPRinskeep<\/a> examines what equality means and has meant in this document. Important segment about our past and future\u2026produced by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcarivers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@marcarivers<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bgordemer?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@bgordemer<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MxlgNaWpC1\">https:\/\/t.co\/MxlgNaWpC1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Leila Fadel (@LeilaFadel) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LeilaFadel\/status\/1543911485465923585?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 4, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the segment, among others, Inskeep spoke with Harvard historian Jill Lepore \u2014 who explained that Thomas Jefferson drew from enlightenment thinkers when he wrote the concept of equality into the Declaration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s fashionable, and rightfully so, to indict the limits of [Jefferson\u2019s] vision. But in the 18th century, even the idea that all white men are created equal was a radical notion at the time,\u201d Lepore explained. \u201cThose men lived in a highly ranked culture, and a declaration of equality is throwing that away, or challenging that in a revolutionary manner.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Inskeep tied the conversation to recent heated political battles, applying the concept of equality to the recently-overturned landmark abortion case\u00a0<em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. \u201cAnd many of our debates on this July 4th turn on what equality means. What voting rules really give equal access to the ballot. Do abortion laws give a woman equal control of her body? At what point is a fetus entitled to equal rights?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>He went on to suggest that Republicans were behind a push for \u201cunequal voting power,\u201d adding, \u201cFor some people equality is out of style. Some political progressives prefer the term, \u2018equity.\u2019 Some Republicans in Texas and Colorado have called for unequal voting power, giving more weight to conservative voters. The global move toward authoritarian rule opposes equality, asserting that some people are more equal than others.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NPR\u2019s Steve Inskeep scrapped his traditional 4th of July reading of the Declaration of Independence on Monday after more than three decades, and instead opted to devote the segment to a discussion on equality. 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