Comments on: U.S. Senate votes on slavery apology

By: rachel

rachel — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 18:56:45 +0000

i really hope that this will be passed. i am african american and i think it’s amazing how they are apoligizing. we have come so far from all this hate and now we are at this point. i am greatly honored to be african american

By: Katrina Browne on slavery apology at CNN.com | The Living Consequences

Katrina Browne on slavery apology at CNN.com | The Living Consequences — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:44:00 +0000

[...] her commentary, Katrina writes about the significance of the U.S. Senate’s apology this summer for the nation’s history of slavery and racial discrimination. She discusses how [...]

By: the sad red earth » Historical Identity and Cultural Responsibility

the sad red earth » Historical Identity and Cultural Responsibility — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:13:37 +0000

[...] well-named The Living Consequences blog has an excellent, complex consideration of the slavery apology that has so far passed the [...]

By: Professor MOmOh

Professor MOmOh — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 16:09:23 +0000

Senator, did it ever come to your mind that there’s a connection between individual human integrity, I mean the way in which you assess your own potentialities, and the laws that interpret those potentialities in accordance with your stability, quality of life and well being? Suppose those laws, right from the start, were set with no regards to your inclusion in how your potentialities could be valued? There’s a lot to say, but here’s the point. The United States Constitution was designed by people whose links with English Common Law is undeniably poignant, and indeed, very significant. The English Common Law had no inclusion of the integrity of the English peasant, and so AfRAkans could not even be a part of it. That law continues today in its many maneuvered underpinnings. I want you to seriously consider this and to share it with your fellow law makers. Your intentions are very good and need to be applauded. But, are you seeking momentary applause, or eternal acknowledgment, where your great-great grandchildren and mine will say, “At long last, it was our great-great grandpa senator Tom Harkin, who cleared the hidden separatist codes that had kept certain humans in bondage, and today, all humans are truly equal in every sense of the word!”

Senator, until the English Common Law is decoded and the hidden evils bulldozed out of it, no amount of apology for anything will suffice. Because, like a spreading cancer, surgery and chemotherapy will only increase the patient’s demise, by increasing his survivability with more and more pain.

I hope you will find the http://www.slaveshipholocaust.com web site interesting. I wish you a good vacation and continued success.

Professor MOmOh
Founder, The Dohgon University of Thought
http://www.dohgonuniversity.com

By: Inheriting the Trade | U.S. Senate Apology for Slavery: what’s the point?

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:28:40 +0000

[...] June 15. Read my post here. Also read my cousin James DeWolf Perry’s excellent post here about why apologies are both important and [...]

By: John B

John B — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:47:55 +0000

James writes: An apology for historic wrongs also raises other difficult issues which can distract from what is intended. Who is being apologized to? Who is doing the apologizing? The answers to these questions can easily determine how successful the apology is, and poor choices can raise charges of belief in collective guilt, racialized thinking, or even racism.

My question: what is a “successful” apolgy? The awswer may require as nuanced and multifaceted an analysis as you’ve offered in discussing the apolgy itself, and I’d welcome your thoughts about defining and measuring a successful apoligy or degrees of success.

By: Traces of the Trade » Senate passes apology for slavery

Traces of the Trade » Senate passes apology for slavery — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 19:36:35 +0000

[...] The U.S. Senate has passed a resolution apologizing for the nation’s history of slavery and racial discrimination. [...]

By: Senator Harkin introduces apology for slavery and racism | The Living Consequences

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 17:47:37 +0000

[...] The Senate has passed this apology for slavery. See my full blog post on the [...]