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Okay, the states apologize, everyone is sorry... can we move on now?
Are you implying that Congress should first address issues such as the economy, immigration, the war in Iraq, terrorism, the national debt, Social Security, the subprime mortgage mess, the challenges facing public education, Iran and North Korea joining the nuclear club, America's continuing dependence on forgeign oil and the resulting spike in gasoline prices, the weakening dollar, and lack of access to medical care for a substantial proportion of our population?
yes by all means apologize. but we must see that we make mistakes,
we are not a mistake. the sooner we see that the better. stop with the self hatred please.
i have a dream.
Though I am a Liberal--I think the idea of the U.S. apologizing for slavery is unnecessary today and is nothing more then a "symbolic," yet useless gesture. America did not invent slavery. Instead, if Congress feels the need to comment on the matter 140 years (or 230 years) later, why not lead a "worldwide apology" for slavery so countries that also engaged in it can join us. I assume other countries have not issued public apologies.
What would be more meaningful and beneficial to all minorities, and certainly african-americans, is if the U.S. changed several policies which encourage minority clustering into what we term -- suburbs (whites), ghettoes (AAs), barrios (latinoes).
The way that America is "set up," from 1800s until today, is to feed and strengthen these socio-economic-racial barriers, basically....
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Are you implying that Congress should first address issues such as the economy, immigration, the war in Iraq, terrorism, the national debt, Social Security, the subprime mortgage mess, the challenges facing public education, Iran and North Korea joining the nuclear club, America's continuing dependence on forgeign oil and the resulting spike in gasoline prices, the weakening dollar, and lack of access to medical care for a substantial proportion of our population?
I sure hope so...
Gee, think they'll have time for all that after investigating baseball players and looking into the possibility of voting themselves another pay raise?
If anybody should be apologizing it's Congressmen, to their constituents.
It's pretty silly. It all happened too long ago. What's the point? Get on to more important stuff.
Ken
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