On Thursday, left-wing journalist Elie Mystal said that the United States should ditch the Constitution, which he considers “slaver’s organizing document,” for something “more inclusive.”
Mystal made his remarks during an interview on New York’s Pix 11.
Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC): It’d be great to “throw out the Constitution altogether” and create something “more inclusive” pic.twitter.com/9RiI2Bw9s5
– Tom Elliott (@tomselliott) March 3, 2022
Mystal: ‘I have trigger white wing media this morning by noting that their slaver’s organizing document is trash’
Host Hazel Sanchez asked Mystal about his new book, “Allow Me To Retort: A Black Guy’s Guide To The Constitution.”
“Now in your book, ‘Allow Me To Retort,’ you reframe politics and the Constitution by kind of breaking down how it all impacts voting rights, LGBTQ rights, abortion rights, the list, as you know, goes on and on,” Sanchez said.
“So, are you arguing that the Constitution needs to be scrapped altogether?” she asked.
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“Sure,” a laughing Mystal responded. “But, I don’t think that’s going to happen.”
“Like, if we could throw that out and start over with a new document that was more inclusive of everybody, that was written by everybody – at no point have black people, brown people or women had a say in actually writing the Constitution or the amendments to that Constitution – if we could throw that out and have a delegation of all Americans to write a new one, I would be all for that, ”Mystal said.
Mystal argued that South Africa could be a good guiding light – noting that they created a new governing charter once apartheid ended.
He said he wants the US to “interpret our Constitution so that we extend justice and fairness and equality to all as opposed to whatever the heck we do now.”
Social media reactions to his Constitution comments resulted in Mystal sharing a tweet that read, “Oooh, I have trigger white wing media this morning by noting that their slaver’s organizing document is trash.”
Oooh, I have trigger white wing media this morning by noting that their slaver’s organizing document is trash. 🙂 https://t.co/T2hrZQQcnu
– Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) March 3, 2022
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Mystal No Stranger To Controversy Over Racial Issues
Mystal has framed criticism of critical race theory and other far left denunciations of most of US history as people trying to keep “white children ignorant.”
Attacks on critical race theory and the 1619 project are just part of America’s longstanding goal to keep white children ignorant.
I get why, but man, hobbling your own children to maintain cultural dominance is a hell of a choice.
My latest in @thenation https://t.co/Eb1NvfjLTA– Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) June 3, 2021
Mystal has led the law and news website “Above the Law” since 2019.