Oh god here come reparations for slavery

[HitItHard]

House poised to apologize for slavery, Jim Crow

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The House of Representatives was poised Tuesday to pass a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and the era of Jim Crow. The nonbinding resolution, which is expected to pass, was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, a white lawmaker who represents a majority black district in Memphis, Tennessee.

While many states have apologized for slavery, it will be first time a branch of the federal government will apologize for slavery if the resolution passes, an aide to Cohen said.

By passing the resolution, the House would also acknowledge the "injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow."

"Jim Crow," or Jim Crow laws, were state and local laws enacted mostly in the Southern and border states of the United States between the 1870s and 1965, when African-Americans were denied the right to vote and other civil liberties and were legally segregated from whites.

The name "Jim Crow" came from a character played by T.D. "Daddy" Rice who portrayed a slave while in blackface during the mid-1800s.

The resolution states that "the vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this day."

"African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow -- long after both systems were formally abolished -- through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity," the resolution states.

The House would also commit itself to stopping "the occurrence of human rights violations in the future," if it passes the resolution.

The resolution does not address the controversial issue of reparations. Some members of the African-American community have called on lawmakers to give cash payments or other financial benefits to descendents of slaves as compensation for the suffering caused by slavery.

The resolution will not be the first time lawmakers have apologized to an ethnic group for past injustices.

In April, the Senate passed a resolution sponsored by Sen. Sam Brownback, R-Kansas, that apologized to Native Americans for "the many instances of violence, maltreatment and neglect."

In 1993, the Senate also passed a resolution apologizing for the "illegal overthrow" of the Kingdom of Hawaii in 1893.

In 1988, Congress passed and President Reagan signed a law apologizing to the 120,000 Japanese-Americans who were held in detention camps during World War II. The 60,000 detainees who were alive at the time each received $20,000 from the government
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taken from CNN.com


how cheesy can this **** get? how long ago did this happen? how many programs do we have in place to make it "fair" between races? doesn't **** like this just make racism worse?

[Bushmaster]

This won't end well...

[Steak_n_Taters]

Well, I mean, the article doesn't say the resolution covers actual cash reparations.

If that actually happened, well, the S would HTF for sure.

I absolutely will not give a single dime to "descendants of slaves" ever. EVER.

The government can apologize all they want. That doesn't really bother me, other than I think there are better things for congress to work on. If it will make some of the more vocal morons (Jesse Jackson, Quanel X) STFU a little bit then maybe it will be worth it. But, I don't think anything will make them quiet down.

[AtheoS]

America sure does a lot of apologizing. They will not receive a single penny from me.

[6-SPEED]

Reparations.....yay! :d

[IraHays]

Non slave owners apologize to non slaves.

A great day for the country.

[JUSA]

Non slave owners apologize to non slaves.

A great day for the country.

/thread

[illriginalized]

40 Acres and a mule.. time to pay up :X

[Gadsden]

40 Acres and a mule.. time to pay up :X

who will pay?

[EDC]

Relax. Other countries have apoligised for historical wrongs and nothing happened beyond that. It is just empty political pandering.

[Thy_Kingdom]

Relax. Other countries have apoligised for historical wrongs and nothing happened beyond that. It is just empty political pandering.

x2.

Also, people who were affected by Jim Crow laws are still around. This wasn't something that happened 200 years ago, this was up until the late 60's.

[Power-Quest]

Once the Govt. apologizes/admits wrong doing , then certain people/organizations can try to seek damages , that is how it was explained to me.

Doesn't guarantee it will or will not happen , but they are trying and costing everyone money in the process.

[14Lonewolf]

If a black mufuka get money, for nothing, Im going to rob one of em straight up.

[Enso]

America did not invent slavery. Cash reparations won't ever pass. Slavery was wrong yes, but money won't make it right.

[kvk1]

http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/...?videoId=24406

[bruno]

how come asians lost everything they had, and then are back at the top of the american economic pool after the internment camps and such, yet blacks are still at the bottom of the pool?

[TheJuicedchase]

If a black mufuka get money, for nothing, Im going to rob one of em straight up.

ummm....you have a lot of work to do. It's been going on for some time...

[Mr_Originality]

Non slave owners apologize to non slaves.

A great day for the country.

I think we are entering a situation where people who previously lacked the status of a slave owner are poised, through institutional agreement, to apologize to persons who were not actually harmed by this stated pattern of behavior.

This may set a relatively uncertain precedent for the future which may, by many, be regarded as a negative one... all started on this day, which may also be deemed as monumental in nature.

[T150]

how come asians lost everything they had, and then are back at the top of the american economic pool after the internment camps and such, yet blacks are still at the bottom of the pool?

Legacy.

What asains?

[nutsy54]

No time to actually pass any budget bills for the fiscal year that starts in. . .two months. But I guess apologizing for something that nobody alive today was remotely involved in is much more important.

Gee, maybe we'll get another set of screwed up January paychecks because the Congress that pretends to "support the troops" can't even bother to pass funding legislation on time

[illriginalized]

who will pay?

I dunno... plus it was a lie anyways, it was a way to assure the slaves that they would only be slaves for a certain period of time (as America was growing and prospering) and they would be paid with land and a mule in which they could use to work their lands. It's America, wutcha expect?

[lfmartinez01]

who will pay?

Who do you think? this Government thinks they can just keep giving money away like its a piece or paper... oh wait.

[Gadsden]

I dunno... plus it was a lie anyways, it was a way to assure the slaves that they would only be slaves for a certain period of time (as America was growing and prospering) and they would be paid with land and a mule in which they could use to work their lands. It's America, wutcha expect?

I'm aware of the promise, having lived here all my life.

I was asking who would pay, since it seemed like you would support carrying out the promise.

[illriginalized]

It would be the government... which in turn becomes our tax dollars. Plus that's a bit far fetched. We can't give every black family who's related to a slave 40 acres and a mule.

Do I support it? Why would I support a lie given to people so they would stay slaves? I was being sarcastic in my first post ^.~)b

[jackamo2887]

They will get no apology from me.

[kappakai]

the money would be better spent on improving the situations at majority black and latino schools, to be on par with white dominated schools.

[Thinman]

An apology is acceptable, along as there are no reparations, I'm fine with that. People have to remember, that as bad as slavery was, it was legal at that time to own slaves. What happened to the Japanese in WWII is totally different. They were American citizens and were stripped of their homes and businesses. A lot of them lost everything they owned and worked for. For them and their families, some kind of reparation was the right thing to do.

[TheSheepdog]

i decided not to read any of the above post but i will say this

the majority of educated middle class to upper class blacks, don't want reparations, don't care about reparations, the main reason why is because we are tired of non-blacks saying that we are looking for handouts, which is far from the truth, we are looking for equality...i give a damn about a mule.

[TheSheepdog]

An apology is acceptable, along as there are no reparations, I'm fine with that. People have to remember, that as bad as slavery was, it was legal at that time to own slaves. What happened to the Japanese in WWII is totally different. They were American citizens and were stripped of their homes and businesses. A lot of them lost everything they owned and worked for. For them and their families, some kind of reparation was the right thing to do.

i could be wrong...but wasnt that also legal?

[Mr. Blunt]

x2.

Also, people who were affected by Jim Crow laws are still around. This wasn't something that happened 200 years ago, this was up until the late 60's.

Judging by your age listed, you were not alive and are unaffected, therefor does not pertain to you and removes you from the list of those that MAY have something coming to them?