Comments on: The US House Apology for Slavery & Jim Crow: Open Thread for Comments http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/ Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:12:24 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: siss http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-8047 siss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:54:49 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-8047 Like I previously stated, it was the tone of that comment that I objected to, not the idea that reparations need to be used. They NEED TO BE enacted to make up for the past horrors but he implied that the US goverment should just "pay up - in cash". Which is absurd. Like I previously stated, it was the tone of that comment that I objected to, not the idea that reparations need to be used. They NEED TO BE enacted to make up for the past horrors but he implied that the US goverment should just “pay up – in cash”. Which is absurd.

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]]> By: jwbe http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-8046 jwbe Wed, 24 Jun 2009 21:42:35 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-8046 Siss you should ask the question who is so greedy as a group. Who created American style capitalism etc. Reparations isn't about a hand-out even if you want to see it that way and whites will always find excuses why they want to benefit from the wealth created by exploiting others but don't want to be fully responsible by giving back what is not theirs Siss you should ask the question who is so greedy as a group. Who created American style capitalism etc.
Reparations isn’t about a hand-out even if you want to see it that way and whites will always find excuses why they want to benefit from the wealth created by exploiting others but don’t want to be fully responsible by giving back what is not theirs

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]]> By: siss http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-8042 siss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 18:08:27 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-8042 Cheapest? Hardly. Americans are greedy. Look how our country is in ruins, financially speaking. All because they were trying to make a buck. Wills answer would have been better taken if he had suggested REALISTIC reparation ideas like school and community re-investment, etc. Rather, from the tone in his comment, ["Better yet, give me the MONEY!!!"] he is just looking for a hand-out. Cheapest? Hardly. Americans are greedy. Look how our country is in ruins, financially speaking. All because they were trying to make a buck. Wills answer would have been better taken if he had suggested REALISTIC reparation ideas like school and community re-investment, etc. Rather, from the tone in his comment, ["Better yet, give me the MONEY!!!"] he is just looking for a hand-out.

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]]> By: jwbe http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-8038 jwbe Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:57:35 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-8038 >Will…it’s because of individuals like you that have this greedy “gimme gimme” tone which puts people off from considering reparations. Sad. . this is the cheapest excuse for not supporting reparations I guess >Will…it’s because of individuals like you that have this greedy “gimme gimme” tone which puts people off from considering reparations. Sad.
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this is the cheapest excuse for not supporting reparations I guess

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]]> By: siss http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-8037 siss Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:21:35 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-8037 Will...it's because of individuals like you that have this greedy "gimme gimme" tone which puts people off from considering reparations. Sad. Will…it’s because of individuals like you that have this greedy “gimme gimme” tone which puts people off from considering reparations. Sad.

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]]> By: will http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-8034 will Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:13:44 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-8034 An apology is a good start for any illegal and misdeed perpetrated by a group of thieves, rapists, murders, and hate mongers. That hides under the cloak of darkness and the title of the United States of America. Now, all is left to do is to show me the money. Better yet, give me the MONEY!!! An apology is a good start for any illegal and misdeed perpetrated by a group of thieves, rapists, murders, and hate mongers. That hides under the cloak of darkness and the title of the United States of America. Now, all is left to do is to show me the money. Better yet, give me the MONEY!!!

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]]> By: Muriel Minnie Mae http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-4690 Muriel Minnie Mae Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:53:14 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-4690 It's a start but I wonder who's going to hear it. Will Congresspersons be reading this apology from platforms when they get home for anyone who wants to hear it/see a Congressperson apologize can? Or will it be a piece of paper in the House collecting dust? It’s a start but I wonder who’s going to hear it.

Will Congresspersons be reading this apology from platforms when they get home for anyone who wants to hear it/see a Congressperson apologize can? Or will it be a piece of paper in the House collecting dust?

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]]> By: Joe http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-4689 Joe Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:39:34 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-4689 Good discussion. The apology is one small step, but an important one. Symbolism is part of oppression, and part of undoing it. But you are all right, that it is but one step. More must come to make it meaningful. Good discussion. The apology is one small step, but an important one. Symbolism is part of oppression, and part of undoing it.
But you are all right, that it is but one step. More must come to make it meaningful.

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]]> By: Lish http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 Lish Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:10:45 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-4680 The apology is just a pretty icing on a bad cake. They are apologizing for something THAT SHOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED! How is this apology going to correct the wrongs such as poor educational funding for "urban" neighborhoods, or job discrimination? The apology is just a pretty icing on a bad cake. They are apologizing for something THAT SHOULDNT HAVE HAPPENED!

How is this apology going to correct the wrongs such as poor educational funding for “urban” neighborhoods, or job discrimination?

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]]> By: On the Present-Day “Apology” for Slavery - JVoices: your jewish wakeup call http://www.racismreview.com/blog/2008/07/31/the-us-house-apology-for-slavery-jim-crow-open-thread-for-comments/comment-page-1/#comment-4679 On the Present-Day “Apology” for Slavery - JVoices: your jewish wakeup call Sun, 03 Aug 2008 21:58:20 +0000 http://www.racismreview.com/blog/?p=440#comment-4679 [...] House should be commended, not criticized, for it. [Editorial note: The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen, a Jewish American representing a majority-black Memphis congressional [...] [...] House should be commended, not criticized, for it. [Editorial note: The resolution was sponsored by Rep. Steve Cohen, a Jewish American representing a majority-black Memphis congressional [...]

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