Yo, it has definitely been a slow day. Though I am happy that i decided to cut hours in nap time(bloggin is something like an addiction), before work to find news like this.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws.
''Today represents a milestone in our nation's efforts to remedy the ills of our past,'' said Rep. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Congress has issued apologies before -- to Japanese-Americans for their internment during World War II and to native Hawaiians for the overthrow of the Hawaiian kingdom in 1893. In 2005, the Senate apologized for failing to pass anti-lynching laws.
Five states have issued apologies for slavery, but past proposals in Congress have stalled, partly over concerns that an apology would lead to demands for reparations -- payment for damages.
Was this a sincere step to something bigger or a political stunt?
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