NJ considers apology for slavery Part 2 - 1.3.2008.2

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Now as of today, Virginia, Alabama, and Maryland have each announced “profound regret” for the slavery they allowed in their past.. North Carolina has announced “profound contrition”. Georgia discussed the issue last year, with the disapproval of Governor Perdue. And there is Missouri and New Jersey as stated above.

As for all the Presidential candidates of 2008, only Dennis Kucinich has ever mentioned the issue, and expressed a need for the nation to apologize and make reparations. The ONLY one.

This is pitiful.

Name one thing in America that has not been built with the foundation of slave labor. Name one company, in existence since at least 1865, which has not benefited from slavery. Even JP Morgan and its shareholders acknowledged the connection.

“We apologize to the American public, and particularly to African-Americans, for the role that Citizens Bank and Canal Bank played during that period," said the company on its website. "Although we cannot change the past, we are committed to learning from and emerging stronger because of it."

In addition to the apology, JP Morgan created a $5 million scholarship for African Americans in Louisiana.”

Please notice that JP Morgan APOLIGIZED. Not regret - an intelligent (and/or emotional) dislike for personal past acts and behaviors. Not contrition - sorrow for sin arising from fear of damnation.

The fact is that even now, some 400 years after the first documented slave was forced to America, not one American governmental body has apologized for their part in slavery. None. They are sorry for its existence, and upset that untold millions were slaughtered, but they are not losing sleep over it. In fact many are fighting against it.

There are many like

“The disappointment comes from the statements “I'm not sure what we ought to be apologizing for” voiced by Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson and others.”

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State of the Black Union may be real black entertainment Part 2 - 8.8.2007.2

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I want to hear what this learned and respected gathering of minds will envision as an America without African Americans. Without the infrastructure that was built with the blood of our ancestors, without the agricultural dominance whipped backs provided. Without the segregated, discriminated, volunteers that fought in every war this nation has ever had that allowed the freedoms we hold dear to exist.

I want to see what we have given, collectively and continuously, to this nation that I love. And I want to hear men like Georgia House Speaker Glenn Richardson, Virginia delegate Frank Hargrove, and others who would deny us an apology or reparations deny these respected figures comments.

Perhaps I am not as learned as these commentators, and thus my desire for an apology and reparations are easier to dismiss. Yet, I cannot see how if such an esteemed group can make the claim it can be disregarded.

It’s a personal reason, of course. I have not seen a preview and it is still some time before it airs. I could be completely wrong in what will be said, but somehow I think not. And if I am right, I damn well would love to know why only one candidate would support, or even speak on the issue of reparations during a national debate, and still hold the opinion that Blacks are assured of voting for their parties’ candidate for President.

Just some food for though, and a reason to use the TIVO or VCR for a night. Or you could always just watch the other channel that claims and targets African Americans as its viewership base. You might get lucky and see some booty-shakin.

This is what I think, what do you think?

OJ is an example, but not the root, of a problem Part 3 - 8.1.2007.3

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OJ is not helping this situation. He is an idiot for continuing this animosity. The book and the interview only help to continue this anger. Given that after a decade the absolute anger and contempt that the major news media presents against him is unwarranted. There is hardly a week since the end of the case that OJ is not referred to in connection to some murder or crime in the United States. The question is not whether or not OJ is innocent or guilty; he is innocent because a court proved him innocent. Any disagreement with that is no different than the disagreement found when the police officers accused of beating Rodney King were acquitted. Over a decade later the media does not mention how wrong the officers might have been. There is no mention of how the Black community knew the guilt yet the disparity between crimes against Blacks verses a crime against a White is immense.

As long as the news media can not impartially report crimes by any group of people, as long as any portion of America continues to focus its rage against another group, the under lying issues will never be resolved. This I believe is the reason why Representative Virgil Goode had an issue, and Georgia House Speaker Richardson refuses to apologias for slavery. Why the issue of reparations was not answered, by seven of eight democratic candidates who were asked. Why every image of unemployment, crime, and drugs in America is shown with a Black face by the news media.

These issues continue to grow, continue to worsen, and further divide this nation. This nation is better than that. This nation is worthy of better than that. And we must address this before, like a cancer, it consumes us.

This is what I think what do you think?