Fan Forum - View Single Post - House apologizes for slavery and Jim Crow injustices

**vc318** · 07-29-2008, 08:09 PM

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Some members of the African-American community have called on lawmakers to give cash payments or other financial benefits to descendents of slaves as compensation for the suffering caused by slavery.

I wonder if this would be from Jesse Jackson who just threw a racial slur at Obama like last week.

No amount of money can make up for what blacks went through during the 50's and before that. How can a price tag be placed on that sort of pain?
As a Black person, I'm a little annoyed that just because you're a certain race, you should be given a hand out. I'm not sure what substance the apology holds, but the suggestion that money should be given is ridiculous. With the way that the country is in debt, it'll be years before they finish giving compensation to ALL the descendants of slaves. How about a promise to do away with racial profiling? That would be a more effective strategy.