Congress's Apology for Slavery Is a Good Thing—It's Just Not Enough
Congress's Apology for Slavery Is a Good Thing—It's Just Not Enough
New America Media, Commentary, Earl Ofari Hutchinson
Editor's Note: The House vote to apologize for the horror of
slavery, albeit important, is nothing to really laud since many states have already done it. The apology notwithstanding, America is yet to shake its legacy of slavery, writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and political analyst. His new book is "How the GOP Can Keep the White House, How the Democrats Can Take it Back."
The House of Representative's vote to apologize for the horror of slavery was an easy call. Several states have done their mea culpas on slavery. The resolutions the states and Congress passed were mild, innocuous, and ultimately toothless. In truth that's all they were supposed to be. But the House resolution was still important. It was tacit acknowledgement of something that the slavery apology opponents vehemently deny and that is that slavery was not just the evil doings of greedy Southern planters. A MUST!!! READ MORE http://know4life.blogspot.com/2008/07/cong...
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Editor's Note: The House vote to apologize for the horror of
slavery, albeit important, is nothing to really laud since many states have already done it. The apology notwithstanding, America is yet to shake its legacy of slavery, writes Earl Ofari Hutchinson, author and political analyst. His new book is "How the GOP Can Keep the White House, How the Democrats Can Take it Back."
The House of Representative's vote to apologize for the horror of slavery was an easy call. Several states have done their mea culpas on slavery. The resolutions the states and Congress passed were mild, innocuous, and ultimately toothless. In truth that's all they were supposed to be. But the House resolution was still important. It was tacit acknowledgement of something that the slavery apology opponents vehemently deny and that is that slavery was not just the evil doings of greedy Southern planters. A MUST!!! READ MORE http://know4life.blogspot.com/2008/07/cong...
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