# WE THE PEOPLE... Terms and Conditions Apply

- By: Laura Chin
- Publisher: De Anza College
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- Licence: [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
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We the People… Terms and Conditions Apply: Race, Power, and the American Promise examines how race and ethnicity have shaped political power, citizenship, belonging, and democracy in the United States. The nation’s founding ideals promise liberty, equality, representation, and justice. Yet access to those promises has never been distributed equally.