According to CNN, The House of Representatives has pass a resolution apologizing to African-Americans for slavery and the era of Jim Crow. But it does not However talk about Freakin reparations. The nonbinding resolution, 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.
By passing the resolution, the House would also acknowledge the “injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow.
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.
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**I'm glad the government wants to MAN UP and Apologize. That's the first step to recovery, next forgiveness and then giving us what we owed.
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