H. Res. 194 issues an apology “From the American People” for slavery. If you read the full apology you will note that white Americans are apologizing for every ill known to the black population. I, for one, fail to see all of those problems caused by slavery being evidenced today. My children were educated by many black teachers. One of my doctors is black and I use a black attorney. Black politicians are important in my city government. Black police control crime all across the country and professional sports are filled with black athletes. Color is irrelevant in today’s society.
I do not own slaves. None of my family ever owned a slave. My ancestors fought and some died to free slaves and end the practice of slavery. I do not condone slavery in any form. I do not ask for an apology for the death of my ancestors who died in the civil war fighting for the abolition of slavery and I do not apologize for slavery – I had nothing to do with it and I resent the idea of congress attempting to make me feel guilty for the sins of some long dead southern plantation owners.
Apologizing for actions committed long ago has lately become popular among certain elements of our society. Generally, the apology is meaningless and serves only to make a photo op for the apologizing individual. I suppose that, in the end, I am tired of other people trying to make me feel bad for the actions of someone else. To tell a group of people that the white people of today are responsible for the actions committed by those in the past is way beyond believability.
Americans need to stop pandering to a few grandstanders and look around – our next president may be black.
Geo.
Tags: Apology for slavery, Congress, peparation, slavery
July 30, 2008 at 6:43 pm
I for one am sick and tired of hearing about slavery and the poor black people of this country….I just do not understand what you have to complain about…you can go to college for free, you have ALL kinds of gov’t hand outs just because you are black… my 24 year old daughter can not even get a grant from the gov’t to continue her education because, she is not black and she has not screwed up her life by having children she is not ready to have and according to “our” govt $18,000 a yr. (she has rent, insurance, car payments, health ins to pay) is too much money for her to receive any type of help. So if I were you I would stop complaining and continue to take “our” govt for granted.
July 30, 2008 at 6:59 pm
Maybe you should re-read the ENTIRE blog.