tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post4266534788099707948..comments2024-03-24T20:40:46.666-04:00Comments on Pan-African News Wire: 'We're Sorry'--Apology For Slavery: Too Little, Too LatePan-African News Wirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10958190577776906688noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-63472740541471019802011-05-25T13:28:03.030-04:002011-05-25T13:28:03.030-04:00I'm a white male and I fully support slave rep...I'm a white male and I fully support slave reparations. My family owned 200 head of slaves before the Northern War of Aggression. Then, in violation of the Constitution, the Federal Gov took our legally owned property. Yeah. I want reparations for the value lost and loss of potential income over the last 150 years. <br /><br /><br />Right or wrong, at the time slavery was legal. My family bought, bred and paid taxes on our slaves. I really should be allowed to track down the descendants of our slaves and take them as my property. Sort of like Dred Scott version 2.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06157127468982996883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-45110330845403133032011-02-21T23:24:53.934-05:002011-02-21T23:24:53.934-05:00First of all, slavery was the rule of the day back...First of all, slavery was the rule of the day back then. America wasn't any worse than the rest of the world. <br />Second, African Blacks sold Blacks into slavery. <br />Whites were also indentured when they wanted to come to America and didn't have the money to get here. <br />It is ridiculous for Republicans to keep apologizing. Who does that except people who knew how really BAD they were. Republicans have little to apologize for - THEY didn't vote for slavery, Dems did. Republicans tried to abolish slavery. THEY didn't create the atrocious KKK that tortured and killed Blacks, Democrats did. MLK was a Republican. Abe Lincoln was too. So Republicans, don't let Democrats get you to apologize, you're only helping them perpetuate the myth that THEY are the real friends of Blacks. What they really want to do is keep them down on the plantation.wetherillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08554034682402986084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-45180955905623363802009-12-15T18:22:00.560-05:002009-12-15T18:22:00.560-05:00Seriously, I wasn't even born when slavery hap...Seriously, I wasn't even born when slavery happened and I have never owned any slaves. The people that did are dead and the people that were slaves are dead. Learn from history and never let it happen again. Done and done.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-72477175055260088662009-09-29T07:18:49.098-04:002009-09-29T07:18:49.098-04:00Enough with the apologies for slavery and reparati...Enough with the apologies for slavery and reparations. We can't control history; however, we can take control of the future. With one foot constantly stuck in the past, the other foot has a difficult time moving forward. <br />-Matt Goldman, MDmatt goldman mdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270336819505780070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-48635778521825458232009-06-02T23:49:40.359-04:002009-06-02T23:49:40.359-04:00Like I said 1 free ticket back to where you came f...Like I said 1 free ticket back to where you came fromUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09410318530234582454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16711557.post-7521431349013767112009-04-27T02:11:00.000-04:002009-04-27T02:11:00.000-04:00This article raises an interesting question. Does...This article raises an interesting question. Does the cost of the Civil War in money, blood, and lives count at all toward the debt owed by slave holders to slaves. Further, considering that most of the population of New England abhorred slavery, and never participated in that institution, what then is their debt? This says nothing about all the immigrants that have come since, do they also owe reparations? Then we address the question of those African-American who have arrived after the Civil war, are they entitled to benefits? Last but not least, the only just way to fund reparations is to track down the descendants of slave owners and make them pay. The problem is that most of the slave owners were bankrupted by the war and there will be no funds to be had. Which innocent American has to pay for the crime of not being black?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09880577803515002444noreply@blogger.com