This is 2007... Enough is Enough
Va. Lawmakers Pass Slavery Apology
Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.
Sponsors of the resolution say they know of no other state that has apologized for slavery, although Missouri lawmakers are considering such a measure. The resolution does not carry the weight of law but sends an important symbolic message, supporters said.
"This session will be remembered for a lot of things, but 20 years hence I suspect one of those things will be the fact that we came together and passed this resolution," said Delegate A. Donald McEachina Democrat who sponsored it in the House of Delegates.
The resolution passed the House 96-0 and cleared the 40-member Senate on a unanimous voice vote. It does not require Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's approval.
The measure also expressed regret for "the exploitation of Native Americans." [does this mean no more cowboy and Indian Movies?][:(]
The resolution was introduced as Virginia begins its celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, where the first Africans arrived in 1619. Richmond, home to a popular boulevard lined with statues of Confederate heroes, later became another point of arrival for Africans and a slave-trade hub.
The resolution says government-sanctioned slavery "ranks as the most horrendous of all depredations of human rights and violations of our founding ideals in our nation's history, and the abolition of slavery was followed by systematic discrimination, enforced segregation, and other insidious institutions and practices toward Americans of African descent that were rooted in racism, racial bias, and racial misunderstanding."
In Virginia, black voter turnout was suppressed with a poll tax and literacy tests [In 1964 in New York everyone got one[:D]]:before those practices were struck down by federal courts, and state leaders responded to federally ordered school desegregation with a "Massive Resistance" movement in the 1950s and early '60s. Some communities created exclusive whites-only schools.
The apology is the latest in a series of strides Virginia has made in overcoming its segregationist past.[:D] Virginia was the first state to elect a black governor - L. Douglas Wilder in 1989 - and the Legislature took a step toward atoning for Massive Resistance in 2004 by creating a scholarship fund for blacks whose schools were shut down between 1954 and 1964.[:(!]
If Delegate A. Donald McEachina, Democrat who sponsored this bill in the House ...who is Black aka. Afro-American [does this mean he's apologizeing to himself?][:o)]
Yo, what about the reparations...Money talks Bull Fertilizer walks.[:0]
Meeting on the grounds of the former Confederate Capitol, the Virginia General Assembly voted unanimously Saturday to express "profound regret" for the state's role in slavery.
Sponsors of the resolution say they know of no other state that has apologized for slavery, although Missouri lawmakers are considering such a measure. The resolution does not carry the weight of law but sends an important symbolic message, supporters said.
"This session will be remembered for a lot of things, but 20 years hence I suspect one of those things will be the fact that we came together and passed this resolution," said Delegate A. Donald McEachina Democrat who sponsored it in the House of Delegates.
The resolution passed the House 96-0 and cleared the 40-member Senate on a unanimous voice vote. It does not require Gov. Timothy M. Kaine's approval.
The measure also expressed regret for "the exploitation of Native Americans." [does this mean no more cowboy and Indian Movies?][:(]
The resolution was introduced as Virginia begins its celebration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown, where the first Africans arrived in 1619. Richmond, home to a popular boulevard lined with statues of Confederate heroes, later became another point of arrival for Africans and a slave-trade hub.
The resolution says government-sanctioned slavery "ranks as the most horrendous of all depredations of human rights and violations of our founding ideals in our nation's history, and the abolition of slavery was followed by systematic discrimination, enforced segregation, and other insidious institutions and practices toward Americans of African descent that were rooted in racism, racial bias, and racial misunderstanding."
In Virginia, black voter turnout was suppressed with a poll tax and literacy tests [In 1964 in New York everyone got one[:D]]:before those practices were struck down by federal courts, and state leaders responded to federally ordered school desegregation with a "Massive Resistance" movement in the 1950s and early '60s. Some communities created exclusive whites-only schools.
The apology is the latest in a series of strides Virginia has made in overcoming its segregationist past.[:D] Virginia was the first state to elect a black governor - L. Douglas Wilder in 1989 - and the Legislature took a step toward atoning for Massive Resistance in 2004 by creating a scholarship fund for blacks whose schools were shut down between 1954 and 1964.[:(!]
If Delegate A. Donald McEachina, Democrat who sponsored this bill in the House ...who is Black aka. Afro-American [does this mean he's apologizeing to himself?][:o)]
Yo, what about the reparations...Money talks Bull Fertilizer walks.[:0]
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how sensitive[:X][:X][:X][:X][:X][:X][:X][:X][:X][:X] 0 -
who gives a S.H.I.T[}:)] 0 -
Did you once again change your handle, Forest? 0 -
I am sick of hearing about that. Slavery didnt start in America for crying out loud. And its still going on. Was it wrong? I think so. But that doesnt mean i am going to apologize to every black i see because of it. 0 -
The bad part about this is it opens the doors for reparations.IMHO, there already is reparations- it's called welfare and affirmative action. 0 -
What is the harm? Treatment of blacks and indians was wrong. We all know this. So to say such treatment in the past was wrong does no harm. To say such is important to some and it is no skin off of anyone's nose. In the past people thought differently. There is nothing we can do about that, except to say it was wrong and today we know better. Or at least most people do! Indians don't want or expect any reparations. Just live up to the treaties we were forced into. This is something that the goverment just does not want to do. 0 -
Totally friggin rediculous to apologise, or to expect an apology for
things done long before our time.0 -
Its 2007 we should be complaning about a lack of jet packs! 0 -
When do my Irish relatives get an apology for how they were treated when they first came to this country. [;)]
It is all a bunch of feel good crap that does nothing except drive a bigger wedge between groups of AMERICANS...[:(!][V]0 -
It's no surprise that the "apology" would come out of the Richmond liberals since they erected a statue of Arthur Ashe on "Monument Avenue" among the statues of Confederate heroes Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, JEB Stuart and Jefferson Davis. [:(!] 0 -
"When do my Irish relatives get an apology for how they were treated when they first came to this country."
You are right, William. And after our Irish ancestors get their apology for treatment in America, we need the apology from the British. In the 1600s they made it illegal to play the Irish harp, and a person caught playing it was hanged with one of his harp strings. They also stole many square miles of Irish land.
Wouldn't it make everybody feel good for the British to apologize for these outrages?
This Virginia apology is feelgood crap and does nothing for anybody.0 -
Duplicate thread:
http://forums.gunbroker.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=235993
That one's still on the first page. Look a wee-bit harder next time before posting please.0 -
Earl - I'm with you.
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One moment while I zip up the Nomex.
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quote:It's no surprise that the "apology" would come out of the Richmond liberals since they erected a statue of Arthur Ashe on "Monument Avenue" among the statues of Confederate heroes Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, JEB Stuart and Jefferson Davis.
Hmm. What's the statue of Ashe doing with all of those second place trophies?[}:)]0 -
quote:Originally posted by p64mak
One moment while I zip up the Nomex.
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quote:It's no surprise that the "apology" would come out of the Richmond liberals since they erected a statue of Arthur Ashe on "Monument Avenue" among the statues of Confederate heroes Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, JEB Stuart and Jefferson Davis.
Hmm. What's the statue of Ashe doing with all of those second place trophies?[}:)]
The libs claimed it was part of the "healing" process. [:(!]0 -
quote:Originally posted by p64mak
One moment while I zip up the Nomex.
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OK:
quote:It's no surprise that the "apology" would come out of the Richmond liberals since they erected a statue of Arthur Ashe on "Monument Avenue" among the statues of Confederate heroes Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, JEB Stuart and Jefferson Davis.
Hmm. What's the statue of Ashe doing with all of those second place trophies?[}:)]
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quote:Originally posted by eboydell
Personally, I am still pro-slavery... at least you can get some work out of them. With welfare, we all pay and care for them, and get no work! With slavery, true we care for them, but we get work some work out of them!
tongue in cheek too?
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quote:Originally posted by 0341USMC
who gives a S.H.I.T[}:)]
Zactly0
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