<span>The Federalists didn't feel like it was needed because they believed that the Constitution as it stood only limited the government not the people.</span>
It is difficult to suggest a course of action as no one knows what the perfect answer to this is. However, one strategy that seems to reduce the incidence of discriminatory practices is that of facilitating the interaction of people of many different races and backgrounds. Most of the time, discrimination comes from a fear of the unknown. People have prejudices and biases towards people who are different from them and this affects how they think about them. However, when people spend time in diverse communities, they tend to become more tolerant and accepting of those who are different to them.
It was so the delegates would be free to say what was on their minds. If anything about what they said would go to the public, there would be people who would be mad at them and thus possibly hurt them. It was to protect them.
