Africans Have Apologized for Slavery, So Why Won’t the US?

[mota bhai 2,675]

You mean it was founded on non-existing subjective concepts?

You enjoy trolling the religious, don't you?

It's kinda pathetic.

[JohnR! 5,495]

You enjoy trolling the religious, don't you?

It's kinda pathetic.

It is your thread and you can call it pathetic if you want.

[lostinblue 1,989]

Perhaps we should be worried about Islamic slavery that is going on today. The same people that rounded up slaves and sent them to the America's are still active in the trade today. Try to end the enslavement that christian and Hindu women are enduring at this moment.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Yes, but that apology came at a time when a good amount of those people were still alive. I'm not saying an apology is wrong, I just don't see the meaning behind it when the apology is for something that happened so long ago and no one involved is still alive.

Marv, I'll even throw in the fries and supersize it for you buddy!

Because the scars from it are still deeply embedded in the collective consciousness of so many that still fell the sting, of it's heavy hand of oppression. The wounds inflicted still fester with the humiliation of subjugation.

[mota bhai 2,675]

Perhaps we should be worried about Islamic slavery that is going on today. The same people that rounded up slaves and sent them to the America's are still active in the trade today. Try to end the enslavement that christian and Hindu women are enduring at this moment.

So no one should apologize for anything as long as man retains his sinful nature.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

Is America secure enough to admit that it was founded on a foundation of sin and evil?

All men are a mix of good evil. Our nation was founded on some wonderful principals of freedom and equality, but sadly , just like the garden of eden and almost every story in the bible, man is flawed and many times great good is marred by flawed evil. It does not mean our good was less good, it just means we address our evil.Recognizing our evil and addresing as record so that future generations can say, even the flaws of this great nation were reconized, forgivness was asked and a process of healing was started. We have to acknowledge or wrongs before we can fix them

[Teddy B 17,252]

Because the scars from it are still deeply embedded in the collective consciousness of so many that still fell the sting, of it's heavy hand of oppression. The wounds inflicted still fester with the humiliation of subjugation.

I understand what you're saying, but I don't quite make the connection with an apology taking that pain away or having any real meaning to it. I guess it's not up to me to make that connection. If the black community believes it will help, then do it.

[The Nature Boy 4,224]

You mean it was founded on non-existing subjective concepts?

Look I am on a Bluto like when the Germans bombed pearl harbor roll here. don't ruin it

Yep. The Government that allowed it still exists. That should be enough. They just need to word it in a way that ensures they are ONLY apologizing to those directly affected by slavery

which for sure would be every black person in America and possibly many whites

I understand what you're saying, but I don't quite make the connection with an apology taking that pain away or having any real meaning to it. I guess it's not up to me to make that connection. If the black community believes it will help, then do it.

would not take it away but it would be a great analgesic

[JohnR! 5,495]

Look I am on a Bluto like when the Germans bombed pearl harbor roll here. don't ruin it

Drop a HEMI under the hood and it will fly off the road.

[Teddy B 17,252]

Look I am on a Bluto like when the Germans bombed pearl harbor roll here. don't ruin it

My Man!!

[Jacque67 7,328]

Africans Have Apologized for Slavery, So Why Wont the US?

A majority of Americans do not support reparations, or even an apology, for the centuries of brutal enslavement endured by blacks.

BY: THEODORE R. JOHNSON III

Posted: June 17 2014

Five years ago I stood in a slave castle on Senegals Gorée Island at the infamous Door of No Return. Our guide told us that once Africans walked through this doorway, which opened right into the Atlantic Ocean, they were gone forever. During the slave trade, shackled blacks were led out the door and forced onto ships that waited on the other side. If a slave tried to turn back, he could be shot and fed to the sharks that loitered nearby.

After the group had moved on, I lingered a few minutes and wondered if any of my ancestors walked through this door on the way to a life of brutal enslavement. Just then, a Senegalese man walked up to me and asked if I was American. When I told him I was, he put his hand on my shoulder and, with his voice cracking with emotion, said, Im sorry, brother.

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The United States has never given an unconditional apology for slavery.

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Its a little absurd that I had to travel across the Atlantic Ocean to West Africa to hear the words Sorry, brother.

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Many West African nations and tribes have issued apologies for their role in the transatlantic slave trade to black Americans, and even to specific African-American individuals who have traced their ancestry to certain locales and who would otherwise have never received an apology.

In 1999 the president of Benin, a neighbor of Nigeria, apologized for his nations role in slavery. In 2006 Ghana apologized to American descendants of slaves. A few months ago a Cameroonian chieftain apologized to an African American whod traced his lineage to a couple of local clans. Other West African tribal leaders have done the same.

The reason for these apologies is the role that some West African tribes and clans played in trading away people from neighboring tribes that theyd captured in war or kidnapped. Though this may appear to have been Africans selling Africans into slavery, it was not that simple. As many scholars have noted, calling all participants African presumes a unified identity among captors and captives that did not exist during the transatlantic slave trade. Different tribes saw themselves as completely distinct and held no inherent loyalties to one another.

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However, many West African nations now feel compassion and a sense of responsibility for the descendants of those taken from African soil.

They recognize the atrocity and the complicity of some of their ancestors in allowing it to occur. And so they have apologizedwithout condition.

The United States, on the other hand, has not. Though it has formally apologized for the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II ... the nation has not mustered the will to do the same for slavery.

And its not just the government. In a recent Huffington Post/YouGov poll, only 28 percent of Americans thought that slavery warranted an apology, while 54 percent thought the country should not apologize ... This is a significant declaration and communicates to black Americans what the nation thinks of their story.

Theodore R. Johnson III is a writer, naval officer and former White House fellow. His writing focuses on race, society and politics. Follow him on Twitter.

http://www.theroot.com/articles/history/2014/06/why_won_t_the_united_states_apologize_for_slavery.html?wpisrc=topstories

Is this the same dude who wrote that the Japanese were better educated and hence had a better understanding of politics ?

More white man bullsh£t

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Yes. becuse our leaders represent the same Govt that offcialy allowed slavery. Don't forget the US flag flew over slavery for over 100 years. I do think a govt issued formal apology and some kind official recognition of the great tragedy of slavery should happen.

Ironically our current President would do it. It came up in GA not to long ago, a family member who is one of the top 5 or 6 positioned politicians in the state asked me about it, I told him i thought it was the thing to do, just like I did when he sponsored the bill to change the flag. It was the right thing to do.

I am very realistic about the wrongs we have done to blacks in this country. I am also very realistic about the damage massive govt programs and affirmative action are doing to them, some think my views are racist, but it is becuse I want them to thrive and do well. It makes our country better.

I'm all for getting rid of any program that gives someone an edge.

Yes, but that apology came at a time when a good amount of those people were still alive. I'm not saying an apology is wrong, I just don't see the meaning behind it when the apology is for something that happened so long ago and no one involved is still alive.

Marv, I'll even throw in the fries and supersize it for you buddy!

Since you're in a giving mood, I'll take a toy with that order.

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Because the scars from it are still deeply embedded in the collective consciousness of so many that still fell the sting, of it's heavy hand of oppression. The wounds inflicted still fester with the humiliation of subjugation.

All men are a mix of good evil. Our nation was founded on some wonderful principals of freedom and equality, but sadly , just like the garden of eden and almost every story in the bible, man is flawed and many times great good is marred by flawed evil. It does not mean our good was less good, it just means we address our evil.Recognizing our evil and addresing as record so that future generations can say, even the flaws of this great nation were reconized, forgivness was asked and a process of healing was started. We have to acknowledge or wrongs before we can fix them

Ok, fess up to where you copied and pasted that from or I'm reporting you for plagiarism.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Is America secure enough to admit that it was founded on a foundation of sin and evil?

Wasn't all mankind also when Eve bit the apple; Edited June 18, 2014 by Jacque67

[spookyturtle 9,466]

Wasn't all mankind also when Eve bit the apple;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVc3tjkgUXo