Neither Slaves Nor Immigrants Built America - Here's Who Actually Did

Slaves didn’t build America. Neither did immigrants. Well, who did? The answer will surprise you.

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Dinesh D'Souza is an author and filmmaker. A graduate of Dartmouth College, he was a senior domestic policy analyst in the Reagan administration. He also served as a research fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and the Hoover Institution at Stanford University.

He is the author of many bestselling books, including "Illiberal Education," "What's So Great About Christianity," "America: Imagine a World Without Her," "The Roots of Obama's Rage," "Death of a Nation," and "United States of Socialism."

His documentary films "2016: Obama's America," "America," "Hillary's America," "Death of a Nation," and "Trump Card" are among the highest-grossing political documentaries of all time. He and his wife Debbie are also executive producers of the acclaimed feature film "Infidel."

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[NelsonClick]

I am grateful for whoever invented the air conditioner. The refrigerator. The electric heater. The ice cream maker. The guy who put tiles on my roof. The guy who stuffed insulation in my walls. The guys who fixed the downed power lines when it was 30° last week during the ice storm in Austin. It's just the tip of the iceberg of all the people I'm grateful for. All I have to do is pay my rent. Thank you everyone of you.

[stephaniemoore]

Correct. Most people do not understand the difference between a settler and an immigrant..and forget that during the civil war the destruction that occurred and how those areas had to be rebuilt.

[toniking]

Next people are going to teach that there was no discrimination in America.

[pottersground]

"Let there be light, and give those who deceive no shadow to retreat back to."

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[hellskitchen]

As a descendant of one of the first settlers of English Jamestown, I salute you !

[sombra]

Glad you made the differentiation between settler and immigrant. The settlers in my family lineage had been in North America 200 years before the immigrant branches of my gene pool started to arrive.

[dairyair]

It’s sad that our schools are so bad that we need people like Dinesh to speak about something everyone should know through common sense.

[HITEKSTRANGER]

Perfect common sense.
Absolutely perfect, common sense.
Thank you Dinesh!!!👍💥❤🙏

[poorboyman]

For the first time in the history of the world that a group of geniuses were to write an historical document called the Constitution that would bring about the greatest country in the world.

[paldri]

Funny that I see this video this evening. I had just asked someone earlier “What infrastructure currently in the US was built by slaves?” A genuine question, but I’m sure would set off lots of ppl.

[danielaramburo]

Native Americans did not build anything. They lived in camping tents made from animal skin. The settlers came with stone working knowledge and built modern housing structures, sewer systems….

[Chrisggg]

Not only are we all living here on the fruit of their labor. But also on the fruit of their risk for life and death.
Mr. D’Souza nailed it on the head that you can’t build anything if the political economical and judicial system is not already established.

[fredcasanova]

How can a person who was born in India tell you about a country he migrated too?

[vampgirl]

OMG Thank you for laying that out. I never realized this.

[crystalr]

So much for definition of the different types of people who actually built this country. You're absolutely right too and this would have been mentioned if others would have been honest - which they're not and are as thieves in the night - the slaves didn't build this country. Well said. Thanx Dinesh!

[davidswanson]

Wall to wall 100% hard truths spoken here.

[JoeyBagOfDonuts-ry]

Slaves lined the pockets of a few very wealthy people. If their fortunes could be tracked down let them pay reparations to those slave descendants.

[x-man]

Amen. Chisel it in stone. Only wealthy aristocrats and plantation owners had slaves. Most of the work they did was agricultural labor. There are some exceptions, but the argument that slaves built America is just not supportable by the facts or logic as you very well explained.

[MrSinghKhanna]

Finally, some clear truth on the matter. Thank you.

[leann]

Oh my heavens you most certainly hit the nail on the head. YEA!!! What an honor it is to know someone has read some history books. But the ones taking selfies all day on Tic Tok I'm sure haven't a clue.