Colleges students in Florida believe the Founding Fathers did more evil than good.
In a video released by Campus Reform on Friday, digital reporter Eduardo Neret asked students if they perceive the founders as heroes or villains, to which most said the latter because of their acceptance of slavery.
“Do you think the Founding Fathers were more villains or heroes?” Neret asked.
“They were kind of like the foundation of this country, I guess, and like getting everything started. But like, most of them were racists, so, like they owned slaves and stuff like that,” one female student said.
“I would say yes and no,” a shirtless male student said. “I think it’s new times now, so we now have to make up new things. So I would say villains, yeah.”
“I would say more on the villain side, just because they were the Founding Fathers. And they pretty much created the foundation for America, which is one of the biggest reasons we have all these problems today and why they haven’t gone away,” a student wearing a blue mask said.
When asked who they would deem a U.S. hero, some suggested civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr., abolitionist Harriet Tubman, and Sacagawea, the Native American who helped Lewis and Clark navigate the Louisiana territory. Others were unable to name a figure worth deeming a hero.
“Obama because he was the first black president,” one student suggested.
