ALABAMA IS APOLIGIZING FOR SLAVERY

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TweetMONTGOMERY, Ala. - Gov. Bob Riley signed a resolution Thursday expressing "profound regret" for Alabama's role in slavery and apologizing for slavery's wrongs and lingering effects.

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"Slavery was evil and is a part of American history," the Republican governor said. "I believe all Alabamians are proud of the tremendous progress we have made and continue to make."

Alabama is the fourth Southern state to pass a slavery apology, following votes by the legislatures in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina. Alabama's Democrat-controlled Legislature approved the resolution last week.

The Alabama resolution describes "centuries of brutal dehumanization and injustices" and says "the vestiges of slavery are ever before African-American citizens."

It also says the House and Senate "express our profound regret for the State of Alabama's role in slavery and that we apologize for the wrongs inflicted by slavery and its after effects in the United States of America."

"This proves Alabama is open for everyone and we are ready to improve race relations," said state Rep. Mary Moore, a Birmingham Democrat who sponsored the resolution. "The issue of slavery and its impact on the country had been kept in the closet until a few Southern states said, 'We want to take it out of the closet.'"




AM I WRONG OR SHOULD WE HAVE TO APOLIGIZE FOR WHAT FOLKS DID BEFORE US THAT WE HAD NO CONTROL OVER? THIS IS JUST GOING TO GIVE SOME FOLKS BIGGER ATTITUDES AND MAKE THEM THINK THE COUNTRY OWES THEM MORE

WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS GUYS?

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[Corrodo]

TweetI dont even want to get into this shiit.....Unreal

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TweetNO ONE I KNOW EVER WAS A SLAVE AND NO ONE I KNOW EVER OWNED A SLAVE

ITS PART OF HISTORY. PERIOD. ITS OVER AND DONE WITH

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TweetMaryland is doing the same thing.
I think it's absolutely crazy. And no offense to our black members but I had nothing to do with slavery, nor did my father, grandfather, or great grandfather. Why should my taxes contribute to a fund that I had nothing to do with?
I have some German heritage in me; does that mean I have to apologize for the Holocast and pay some Jewish folks?
Just amazes me....

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TweetI THINK EVERY PERSON HERE IN THE U.S. HAS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEIR LIFE AND TO PROSPER IF THEY WANT TO. THE PROBLEM IS, SOME WANT TO AND SOME DONT AND THINK THE COUNTRY OWES THEM WHILE THEY DO NOTHING.

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I THINK EVERY PERSON HERE IN THE U.S. HAS A BETTER OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE SOMETHING OF THEIR LIFE AND TO PROSPER IF THEY WANT TO. THE PROBLEM IS, SOME WANT TO AND SOME DONT AND THINK THE COUNTRY OWES THEM WHILE THEY DO NOTHING.

Couldn't have said it better my friend....

[BIGFOST]

Tweetwhy do i have to say sorry? i never owned a slave.

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NO ONE I KNOW EVER WAS A SLAVE AND NO ONE I KNOW EVER OWNED A SLAVE

ITS PART OF HISTORY. PERIOD. ITS OVER AND DONE WITH

I totally agree. I didn't have slaves, my dad didn't, my granfather, his grandfather, etc...I'm so sick and tired of this. It perpetuates the "we owe" feelings of a few minority. Indians are the same way...along time ago the people of this country took the land from the locals? Now they get casinos, top dollar on land sales, rights to use drugs on their land? their land? isn't it all our land? Home of the free?

okay thats enough I could go on forever...

[Rolsroyce]

Tweetwhat the hell? Any one that uses the slavery crap is simply wanting something given to them that they dont deserve and didnt earn. Why say its lingering affects? the only lingering effects it has are the lazy ass people that hide behind the bull... If you want something for slavery then come be a slave and maybe we can talk. I think anyone that is pissed about it should be deported back to their mother land. Then they can tell them about it.

[kite]

TweetTotal bullshiot! Did the US gov't applogize to all of the Native Americans?

[Scalleywag]

TweetThis is probably one of the most insane things I have ever seen. Just to be honest black people should be proud that their ancestors made it through such a tumultuous past, fought for their rights and now have equality. Now due to slave traders bring over their ancestors they have access to health care, public schooling, oppurtunities beyond belief. As opposed to living in Africa where they are subject to genocide, civil unrest, famine, disease, poverty, the list goes on and on.

I am a firm believer in good thing always come out of negatives. Problem is we can't seem to let this negative go. Move on!

[ByRoN]

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Total bullshiot! Did the US gov't applogize to all of the Native Americans?

i was gonna say the same thing!! i am in bama and i think this is stupid. this has been over with for well over a century and thats a long time LET IT BE!!!!!

[daved150]

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Total bullshiot! Did the US gov't applogize to all of the Native Americans?

nope! i'm still waiting!!!!!

[T-Man007]

TweetWell, gee whiz where's the appology for the Native Americans, I have Delaware Indian ancestors who were slaughtered by the Union Army, where's my appology? Women and children were brutily killed, what about that? I'm sure they would have much rather been slaves than killed, wouldn't you? I would. Let's see here, die or work, yeah, I'll take work. And let's not overlook the most obvious result of slavery. Had slavery not taken place, where would Africans be right now? Still in Africa dying of AIDS, Malaria, tribal wars, and who knows what. The slaves paid a huge price, yes, but in the long run it gave opportunites to Africans they would not have today. Period. There would be no black football stars, no Barry Bonds, no black CEO's, no BLack 5 star generals, none of those opportunites would have even been available to Africans had slavery not taken place. Period. And yet, the Native Americans, the people who were treated even worse than Africans get nothing but casino rights, land and some specialized stuff from the government. Big deal. They got their land taken from them, most of them were slaughtered like animals and no appology for them. Don't get me wrong, I think I've mentioned before than on my mother's side one of our ancestors was a slave who was raped by her white owner, but that was hundreds of years ago. The man who did the things he did is not alive to appologize and I don't see the point in making his great great great great great great great grand child do it.

I don't know, I just don't see the point. It's not like an appology is going to take it back. I mean seriously, that was one of the most brutal things man has done, no words can take it back. You just move on and never repeat the past.

On another note, my father's family is from Denmark, where Vikings were. I know some of my ancestors were involved in that, do I owe an appology for the things they did? Of course not.

[Sal Paradise]

TweetI really can't add anything to this.
I'm utterly shocked.

Sal