House Formally Apologizes For Slavery And Jim Crow
Yeah … cuz the North/Union winnin’ the Civil War wasn’t good `nuff … Guess this means all them thar Congressman and wimmins gotta be givin’ up der slaves `n such now …
Can we PLEASE get the fuck past this volume in our history already? I fucking mean, even Germany, whose filthy history is no more than a rough 60 or so years old and many still sucking in air, and THEY’VE seemed to have gotten past the whole Nazi/Holocaust “nuisance” …
Look, I’m NOT making small of the Holocaust … We lost over 405,399 military men and women fucking up Hitler and Tojo in WWII … and, really, saved the world.
And neither am I making small of our history in this country with slavery. This country sacrificed over 320,000 “white” men to keep this country United, and to end slavery.
Truth be told, there isn’t a damn country on the face of this planet that hasn’t had slavery in some form or another … FUCK! Hop on a plane and fly around the world and discover it’s still very much in brutal practice in OTHER countries.
The only person within the walls of the Congress building that is still sucking down air and farting a carbon footprint and MAY have closer links to this country’s slavery past than anyone else in the Congress or Senate, or the country for that matter, is Sen. Robert KKK Byrd … for fuck’s sakes!
So get the hell off MY back with this shit … and get the hell over it already.
BTW, this is a piss-poor attempt to set the ground work for a possible Hussein presidency under which “reparations” WILL be paid.
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WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation 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, passed by voice vote, was the work of Tennessee Democrat Steve Cohen, the only white lawmaker to represent a majority black district. Cohen faces a formidable black challenger in a primary face-off next week.
Congress has issued apologies before - to Japanese-Americans for their internment during World War II and to native Hawaiians for the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. In 2005, the Senate apologized for failing to pass anti-lynching laws.
Five states have issued apologies for slavery, but past proposals in Congress have stalled, partly over concerns that an apology would lead to demands for reparations - payment for damages.
The Cohen resolution does not mention reparations. It does commit the House to rectifying “the lingering consequences of the misdeeds committed against African-Americans under slavery and Jim Crow.”
It says 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.
The House “apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow.”
“Slavery and Jim Crow are stains upon what is the greatest nation on the face of the earth,” Cohen said. Part of forming a more perfect union, he said, “is such a resolution as we have before us today where we face up to our mistakes and apologize as anyone should apologize for things that were done in the past that were wrong.”
Cohen became the first white to represent the 60 percent black district in Memphis in more than three decades when he captured a 2006 primary where a dozen black candidates split the vote. He has sought to reach out to his black constituents, and early in his term showed interest in joining the Congressional Black Caucus until learning that was against caucus rules.
Another of his first acts as a freshman congressman in early 2007 was to introduce the slavery apology resolution. His office said that the House resolution was brought to the floor only after learning that the Senate would be unable to join in a joint resolution.
More than a dozen of the 42 Congressional Black Caucus members in the House were original co-sponsors of the measure. The caucus has not endorsed either Cohen or his chief rival, attorney Nikki Tinker, in the Memphis primary, although Cohen is backed by several senior members, including Judiciary Committee Chairman John Conyers, D-Mich., and Ways and Means Committee Chairman Charles Rangel, D-N.Y. Tinker is the former campaign manager of Harold Ford, Jr., who held Cohen’s seat until he stepped down in an unsuccessful run for the Senate in 2006.
(AP)
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This is change you can believe in. A reparations bill is coming. If anyone thinks otherwise they’re nuts.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:27 pmReally Congress? Really? Of all the things you could have done, like lifting the ban on offshore drilling, this is it?
July 29th, 2008 at 6:29 pmTHIS … is it …
Really …
July 29th, 2008 at 6:30 pmHow about demanding the AFRICANS apologise for SELLING the blacks as slaves!?!
July 29th, 2008 at 6:33 pmDrill
Good point about Germany & Japan being forgiven for their atrocities, but the stain of slavery goes on for 140 years after it was outlawed. You would think the US was the only country in the world that had slavery in the the past.
On a side note how many black leaders have been elected in France, Germany, England, Spain, Russia, China, Japan, or anywhere else in the world outside of Africa. Some how they condemn us as racist for not having a black president.
July 29th, 2008 at 6:33 pmDRILL!! DANMIT!!
July 29th, 2008 at 6:43 pmBeing a racist(Global warming is a HOAX)how could I possibly support this act by the Lowest Approved Congress on record and the highest paid Congress on record.I am waiting for the Reid machine to unanimously consent to abolish all elections for seated democrats.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:10 pmmshatto… i think that instead of a reparations bill the chance to return to their homeland free of charge is in order.. and if their is no take on the offer then the issue is dead…
July 29th, 2008 at 7:14 pmSo when is the House going to formally apologize for the House.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:23 pmErm OK like any of the representatives were the ones to enact any of the crap. So my rep acting on my behalf apologized for me….BULLSHIT! Do something important and not a bunch of political lets when some more black vote for November bullshit.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:39 pmWhat’s this make? The 1,327 time we’ve publically apologized for the sins of some white man’s ancestors?
Hell, why doesn’t Congress initiate a federal holiday and call it National Groveling to African’s Day? We’ve already got a Black History Month…What we really need is to introduce another MLK boulevard for reconciliation.
There is one good thing to come out of this:
Whitey has about had enough of the groveling, the incessant victimization, the whining, and excuse making for one abject failure and bad behavior after another…I’m starting to hear it everywhere and from the unlikeliest of people.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:46 pmGermany has NOT gotten past the Holocaust. Remember that memorial they were building in January this year? That country adores guilt.
But I agree, I should not have to apologize for something that I had no part of and has been dealt with accordingly.
July 29th, 2008 at 7:52 pm“I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it’s Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.”
July 29th, 2008 at 8:06 pm- Obama 7/28/08
this is total bullshit. dont apologize for slavery on my behalf. i was not even a thought that back when that was going on. so many things going on right now and you worthless bastards decide to waste time with a ’symbolic gesture’? yeah no wonder our congress is the lowest ranking in history. bunch of incompetent losers.
July 29th, 2008 at 8:20 pmSo they’re doing this bullshit instead of pushing for more energy independence bills, offshore drilling, domestic nuclear power OR balancing the budget? I hope these jerks don’t expect to still have a job in the next few years.
I’m pretty sure the Gettysburg Address was the only formal apology that was relevant.
July 29th, 2008 at 8:37 pmIf you tell a lie big enough (Abe Lincoln was a DEMOCRAT) and keep repeating it (Abe Lincoln was a DEMOCRAT), people will eventually come to believe it (Abe Lincoln was a DEMOCRAT).
July 29th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
sully,
July 29th, 2008 at 9:10 pmI’m glad you posted that comment. I don’t know the answer to this, but I’d be interested to see just how much of Obama and his wife’s multimillions go to black/underprivelleged charities or groups. Or how much Obama would pay in reparations since he is half white. Not being white or black (I’m Asian), I can’t claim to get the full brunt of this issue, but from my perspective, as an American, I don’t get why this sort of apology or issue keeps coming up in this manner. Everyone and their brother will recognize that slavery was a part of America’s past (and also pretty much everywhere else as noted above). And as a previous reader posted, this apology has occured 1.2 billion times by politicians. I think a lot of people would just like to remember their history (the good and bad), but move on from the past and not keep reopening old wounds. Go on and celebrate your history or cultural background but don’t be cemented in the past. There are so many successful (and high profile) black people in America, this sort of thing seems to me to be the last thing that politicians (or even black people) should be concerned with. I am certain that anyone that is trying to be a success whether black, white or whatever, is looking forward, not back. I have seen instances when official apologies or acknowledgements were made for past atrocities (for example the Japanese military and their abuse of women used at Comfort Stations), but some of these people, both victims and criminals, are still alive! And that situation wasn’t acknowledged by the Japanese for a very long time. To be perfectly honest, if I were in the shoes of the people that were decendants from slavery, but now have a chance to get away from that image, I would be running as fast as I could. Why would you want to keep embracing this image as a subjegated and broken down group, when you can be proud of how things have progressed and (as many, many have - of all ethnicities) work to be successful and not be dragged down by this. I would think that all those that sacrificed and suffered in the past to improve the situation for blacks and every other ethnicity in America would not want to keep looking back. I can say this much, my family came here to America and worked hard get in a better living situation, and along the way, I (along with many friends and family member) have encountered racism (spewed from every color under the sun: black, white, hispanic whoever), but that’s not America, that’s a bunch of backwards, dumbasses that I am sure any American with a brain would not want to associate themselves with or acknowledge as one of their own. So continuing to bring up what some people did over 100 years ago (that all acknowledge is/was wrong and backward) and is no longer even remotely part of modern America, just doesn’t make sense to me.
We should go up there and run them out! We’ll call it Operation: Out House (aka Shit House)!
Eat shit and die, House!
July 29th, 2008 at 11:36 pmWell, if it comes to reparations — and many African-Americans are against this, including Pastor Manning, Thomas Sowell, Bo Snerdley (Rush’s call screener), etc. — it’s got to start in Africa and England. The African blacks who kidnapped and sold other blacks to the British slave ships should be the first in line. For all we know, some members of Obama’s extensive and wandering African family might have made big bucks from the slave trade.
July 30th, 2008 at 12:24 amWhen do the $2 trillion in reparations check start to flow, or do those have to wait for Obambi? Conyers recently said Obamai was on board with his plan.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:05 amIt’s interesting that they quoted Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick on this apology. Her son, Kwamme Kilpatrick is the Democratic Mayor of Detroit, MI. and last week he had a run in with a police officer trying to serve a summons. Kwamme had a shoving match with the white officer and hurled vulgar and racist comments at the black officer that was with the white officer. You can read all about it at the Detroit Freepress.
July 30th, 2008 at 4:20 amMy god stop apologizing for shit that was done by people that have been gone and dead for over 100 years.
July 30th, 2008 at 5:04 amAccording to his ‘hometown’ newspaper, Obama gave about $140K total in 2005 & 2006 on income of over $2.5 million.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0704250022apr25,0,3205433.story
Not much considering how ‘altruistic’ he intends to become with our money once he has the U.S. Treasury and a Dem Congress in his control.
As for the slavery ‘issue’, two things: First, obviously the issue is fundamental to the career of race-baiters in America. Without it, Jesse Jackson has no ‘job’. After all, personal responsibility really is hard…. Second, slavery is also a cornerstone of ‘progressivism’ in America. As eloquent and polically useful as The Constitution of The United States MIGHT be, it was written by dead white guys who were slave-holders, so how useful can ‘original intent’ really be to a ‘New America’? In fact, the dissenting opinion on the Heller case (guns) in the Supreme Court was the first time I’ve seen the Lib side of the SCOTUS even attempt to use ‘original intent’ as part of their argument to any appreciable degree. They typically disregard it completely. The U.S Constitution is a MAJOR stumbling block to the advance of the Progressive ’cause’.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:39 amWhen will the House recognize the Native Americans who were in America first, who are in part responsible for the establishment of the United States, and then were victims of Genocide by the US Government after signing international treaties stating that they would be protected by the US government?
July 30th, 2008 at 7:10 amhttp://brownback.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=293090
July 30th, 2008 at 8:01 amThis is what the Nancy Peloski Congress uses its time to do. It can’t do anything constructive. How about issuing an apology to all Americans for being so anti-American, so incompetent, so negligent, so undignified, so…I could go on, and on.
July 30th, 2008 at 8:37 amDachsund: Youu make good points and I enjoyed reading your comment. A little bit of constructive criticism, though: Break up long comments into smaller paragraphs to make for easier reading,
If this act is the camel’s toe under the tent, there will be a public backlash that will lead to much unrest and possibly riots. We have spent many trillions of dollars in a futile attempt to remedy past civil rights abuses…and there are now more poor black people (as a percentage of black population) than there was before all of the bullshit welfare entitlements became passe.
I’d like to think that I’m not a racist, but listening to blacks piss and moan through the years has proven that freeloading pieces of shit will only become even bigger freeloading pieces of shit the more that they are given.
July 30th, 2008 at 10:27 am