"Contemporary National Teacher" Chen Ping once quoted the famous American diplomat George Ping. George F. Keith's words: "(Do what the Americans do, don't do what the Americans say)"! This phrase makes a strong criticism of the "inconsistency" in American culture, and historically, the "inconsistency" in American culture first appeared in Jefferson, the founding father of the United States.
Jefferson was born into a noble family, and from birth he stood at the pinnacle of society, and in the history of the United States, he had a high status. He has always been the "founding father of America" in the minds of Americans, one of the greatest figures in the minds of Americans.
He also wrote the Declaration of Independence in his own name, in which he put forward the democratic proposition of "freedom and equality" and formulated a basic national policy for the development of the United States.
During his time in office, the United States has developed greatly in politics and economy, but under his glamorous exterior, he is an extreme racist, he speaks of racial equality, but his heart is full of prejudice, this is a hypocritical politician.
The scandal of the US president can be said to be "long-standing".
And the one with whom he had an affair was his slave woman, and the two are said to have given birth to six children. But until Jefferson died, he refused to admit that he had an illegitimate child with a black man, which was a big secret.
But Jefferson didn't know that this secret that had been hidden was finally revealed in 1996 nearly two hundred years later.
In 1802, a year after Jefferson, the founding father of the United States, took office, an affair broke out on him.
What is even more surprising is that the person who had a relationship with Jefferson turned out to be a female slave of Jefferson, and the female slave had already given birth to five children for him.
Even today, arrogant Americans have an innate sense of superiority, not to mention the fact that the Declaration of Independence was just issued in the 19th century.
Jefferson was seeking re-election, which he vehemently denied, of course.
It is also because of his efforts that this matter has been covered up in the shadows. American politicians, in order to maintain the good image of the "father of the nation" Jefferson, also issued a statement on this: "It's just a joke. ”
The news didn't hit Jefferson too hard, and he stayed in the position for eight full years.
It is said that in this era, slaves belonged to slave owners, and the status of blacks in this era was very low, and it was not uncommon for blacks to be raped.
Therefore, the people still support the wise president in their minds, and Jefferson did not waste his presidential career, and for two consecutive terms, Jefferson made great contributions to the United States.
However, although Thomas Jefferson has made many contributions to American history, he is not a perfect person.
Jefferson openly owned black slaves and turned them into commodities to trade freely in front of merchants.
For his own selfishness, he was also unscrupulous to slaves.
According to relevant information, Jefferson alone owned more than six hundred slaves.
Although these numbers are not accurate, what Jefferson did with black people cannot be measured in numbers.
In addition, although he opposed the continuation of slavery, he also discriminated heavily against blacks.
He once said in public: What black people do is too barbaric.
Jefferson was advocating black liberation, but in fact, he not only had an affair with black women, but also denied his relationship with his "illegitimate child".
No identity, no status, that woman is nothing in Jefferson's eyes, not even power, to put it bluntly, just a plaything.
In fact, from what Jefferson just did, we can see that he is a complete hypocrisy.
In American democracy, a person's image is important, and scandal has nothing to do with political power, but it affects a person's popularity among voters and thus his vote.
However, because Jefferson himself contributed a great deal to the country, his achievements were also remarkable. In fact, at the time of his lifetime, there was no conclusive evidence that Thomas Jefferson was related to Cyri.
In 1873, forty years after Jefferson's death, a man named Madison came to the newspaper claiming that he was the son of Jefferson and Hemmings, who had an affair with Jefferson.
He also revealed an affair between Helens, who was half the sister of Jefferson's first wife, who was only 13 or 4 years old and about the age of Jefferson's daughter.
As soon as this report came out, it immediately caused an uproar and became a topic of interest among people.
The Jeffersons believed they were simply taking advantage of rumors that had circulated decades ago, disguised as Jefferson's descendants, and wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to make a fortune in the newspapers.
Both sides have their own views, so this debate is hundreds of years.
Jefferson's family also organized a coalition to fight blacks who claimed to be Jefferson's descendants.
A professor at the University of Virginia began studying the descendants of Jefferson and Hemmings in 1996.
He had blood tests done for each of the five descendants of the Jefferson family and the five descendants of the Hemings family.
200 years later, in 1998, Jefferson's DNA test showed that his Y-chromosome genes were identical to Sully's descendants, proving that Jefferson's assistant's claim that Jefferson had long seduced black maids and had many illegitimate children.
Earlier, there was a protest against the value of black life in the United States, and Jefferson's statue was pushed aside by angry protesters and painted the color "slave owner", so Jefferson was also a half-god and half-demon in the American mind.
So far, the ambiguous relationship between Jefferson and the slave girl Hemins has been largely confirmed. Of course, it is not impossible that Jefferson's uncle and Hemmings had an ambiguous relationship, but given the historical background of the time, this possibility is very small.
As things stand, the United States is a free and equal country, but it is actually a racist country, much like Jefferson.