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Hill defends the Declaration of Independence as the first step toward equality before the law for all Americans. He says two more steps were necessary: the Civil War and the Civil Rights movement. 

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Philosopher Dr. Jason D. Hill explores various dimensions of race in his latest book, What Do White Americans Owe Black People? Racial Justice in the Age of Post-Oppression.

In this episode of Watching America, Hill speaks with host Dr. Alan Campbell about the history of slavery, the necessity of initial affirmative action programs, and the three “foundings” of the United States: The Declaration of Independence, the Civil War, and the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.

Dr. Jason D. Hill is a professor of philosophy at DePaul University in Chicago, specializing in in ethics, moral psychology, and American politics. Hill’s previous books include We Have Overcome: An Immigrant’s Letter to the American People; Becoming a Cosmopolitan: What It Means to Be a Human Being in the New Millennium; Civil Disobedience and the Politics of Identity: When We Should Not Get Along; and Beyond Blood Identities: Posthumanity in the Twenty First Century.