Fresh To Def Politics:

Okay so for the months of July & August there have been legislation passed and talks of a Official Apology for the enslavement of Africans [currently African-Americans, -tisk- or some prefer black] by the House of US congress.

THE IDEA:

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The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to take up H.Res.194 this week “apologizing for the enslavement and racial segregation of African-Americans”.

The resolution was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen (D-Tennessee), who expressed
interest in joining the Congressional Black Caucus early last year but later
backed away from the idea. It makes no mention of reparations, but it does state
that black Americans “continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and
Jim Crow—long after both systems were formally abolished…”

H.Res.194
also acknowledges that an apology “cannot erase the past, but confession of the
wrongs committed can speed racial healing and reconciliation and help Americans
confront the ghosts of their past”.

The resolution must receive a
two-thirds vote to pass and has 120 co-sponsors.

THE DO:

On Tuesday, the House issued an apology for the wrongs committed against black
Americans and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow laws.

“Today represents a milestone in our nation’s efforts to remedy the ills
of our past,” said Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., chairwoman of the
Congressional Black Caucus.

The resolution was introduced by Tennessee
Democrat Steve Cohen, the only white lawmaker to represent a majority black
district.

The resolution calls on the House to rectify “the lingering
consequences of the misdeeds committed against African-Americans under slavery
and Jim Crow”, saying that Africans forced into slavery “were brutalized,
humiliated, dehumanized and subjected to the indignity of being stripped of
their names and heritage” and that black Americans today continue to suffer from
the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow laws that fostered discrimination and
segregation.

“I hope that this is part of the beginning of a dialogue
that this country needs to engage in, concerning what the effects of slavery and
Jim Crow have been. I think we started it and we’re going to continue,” Cohen
said.

According to Cohen, a total of 120 lawmakers, including two
Republicans, co-sponsored the resolution.

OTHER IDEAS & OPINONS:

1. REPARATIONS!!!! $$$$$$ for the $hit "THEY" [no namwe or color calling ; ] have Done.

2. The Oh Gee Obama says:

Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said, “I have said in the past — and I’ll repeat again — that the best reparations we can provide are good schools in the inner city and jobs for people who are unemployed.”

Which is quite Valid.

3. WHY WASN'T THIS APOLOGY PUBLICIZED or on every TV, Radio, Magazine like Jack StephAn & AddeeeDooooo.

4. The Black Israelites Opinion..BEWARE, you have to be very mature to Grasp this.

Who are the Black Israelites? A quick definition by Blogger Adriano is given,lol:

"They're like a mixture of far out extreme racial views, truth, lies and public shaming all wrapped up in an entertaining turban of belligerence."