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I don't mean to be a nit picker, but it's spelled:
Apologize
Apologizing
This thread has been very civil. Good job! America, like most countries in the world has a checkered past. Let's jump backwards from the slaves to what the explorers and settlers did to the native Americans ... but I'm sure that could be an entire other thread.
Chances are that most citizens of the state of Virginia's very own relatives weren't even in this country during slavery. It's not an issue of "getting over" anything. It's an issue of moving forward and making sure that it doesn't happen again.
STOP!!!!!! This is a forum NOT a MBA class! Get over it already! Picking like that is BEYOND annoying. Maybe you can volunteer at a spelling bee.
Big difference, most Japanese-Americans are still alive or were when the U.S. government apologized. You take the time and go look for any ex-slaves still alive, then we can discuss it. People need to stop living in the past and move on.
Even if they are still alive, why wasn't that same apology afforded to blacks at any time?
There is no one alive now that was a slave or owned a slave. It also gets complicated as there are many people in the US who came after slavery was abolished by Lincoln. My parents came to the US 80 years after slavery ended....
I think anyone expecting an apology has an issue especially since so many black families don't know their genealogy. My family is the result of a slave owner taking an interest in one his slaves so which side would I be on? The side apologizing or the one receiving the apology?
natalay
I guess you can just apologize to yourself.
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its so easy for people to say we sholud get over it but as a young person who is black it's kind of unfair that people of other nationalities can go back to their country and see where they come from but as a black person we dont know where we come from we just know africa, we dont know what country, what our culture is like, or any of our african traditions entail so for those that say 'get over it' you need to keep your mouth shut.
I understand where you are coming from but as a caucasian who was adopted by a black family, I have no clue about my European ancestry or traditions either. As far as I'm concerned, I don't care about this as I grew up in a loving home here in the US. Although the US has a checkered past and isn't perfect, I am extremely grateful that I was raised here in this country.
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I don't mean to be a nit picker, but it's spelled:
Apologize
Apologizing
This thread has been very civil. Good job! America, like most countries in the world has a checkered past. Let's jump backwards from the slaves to what the explorers and settlers did to the native Americans ... but I'm sure that could be an entire other thread.
Chances are that most citizens of the state of Virginia's very own relatives weren't even in this country during slavery. It's not an issue of "getting over" anything. It's an issue of moving forward and making sure that it doesn't happen again.
Exactly! We can't change the past but we can move forward and learn from our country's mistakes.
Here in Virginia there as been a furor over remarks made by a delegate in the Virginia Legislature about the Commonwealth formally apoligizing for slavery this year in celebration of the 400th anniversary of the founding of Jamestown.
In short, he said that "blacks should get over slavery" because no one living in Virginia today had anything to do with it and likening it to making Jews apoligize for "killing Christ".
What are your thoughts?
I've included the link to the Washington Post article.
its so easy for people to say we sholud get over it but as a young person who is black it's kind of unfair that people of other nationalities can go back to their country and see where they come from but as a black person we dont know where we come from we just know africa, we dont know what country, what our culture is like, or any of our african traditions entail so for those that say 'get over it' you need to keep your mouth shut.
As a cherokee I am saying just get over it.. My ancestors were hunted and killed on sight like animals. Women raped and children killed. The land that we once owned was taken from us by virtue of the fact that we were Indian. That was long before my time on this earth. I am owed nothing. If there was a debt to be paid, it was to my ancestors, not to me. You can move ahead or you can roll around on the ground in self pity. It's your choice, but what will each choice leave you with? It's up to you.
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