Understanding Slavery Starts with Apology

[govegan]

An interesting analysis from a syndicated columnist with the Boston Globe appeared in today's Seattle P-I.

"An apology would acknowledge that slavery's damage still requires repair. "

Link for article in P-I: http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/130787_jackson15.html

"There is a simple reason U.S. presidents will not apologize for slavery. An apology for the past means asking white Americans to take responsibility for the present. One hundred and forty years after the Emancipation Proclamation, that remains a task too heavy for presidents to perform. The truth remains too terrible for Americans to bear."

Opinion piece by DERRICK Z. JACKSON, SYNDICATED COLUMNIST.


The author rightly puts the chimp's plastic and superficial words in the historical context in which they belong. In doing so, he shows once again the photo-op mentality of the insincere goon. More meaningless, feel-good words and half-truths while everyday suffering in everyday reality goes on unabated.

[Terran]

1. Just my opinion: I totally agree with this idea

I've heard some other African-Americans of my acquaintance say the same thing: if a President would just apologize on behalf of America, it would begin a healing process that has been delayed for centuries.

Dirk