Apology for Slavery
The Virginia General Assembly has been attempting to pass legislation that would "apologize" for slavery. This legislation, if you follow the link and read the article, http://www.timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD%2FMGArticle%2FRTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1149193000553&path=%21news%21politics&s=1045855935264 you can see why the legislation was introduced and why the introduction of this legislation has not been without its critics.
Like it or not, the ancestors of many African-Americans came to Jamestown, VA in 1619. This is a part of history and not subject to change or debate. The people of those slave ships helped to build this state and this country and have added a rich cultural aspect to life here in the United States. Does it matter how these people came as long as we recognize their unlimited contributions to life as we know it in this country?
There has been a very outspoken group of people in the United States that have been advocated for monetary reparations for their ancesters being involuntarily brought this country. The question that begs to be asked is who should pay those reparations? Should the Commonweath of Virginia pay those reparations? After all, that slave ship landed at Jamestown in 1619. Pehaps every citizen of the United States should pay reparations, since we have all benefitted from the contibutions of the labor of those who were enslaved? What about those, who like myself, are first-generation American but are of dual ancestory (Jamaican & English)?
Just some food for thought?
Drnjbmd
Like it or not, the ancestors of many African-Americans came to Jamestown, VA in 1619. This is a part of history and not subject to change or debate. The people of those slave ships helped to build this state and this country and have added a rich cultural aspect to life here in the United States. Does it matter how these people came as long as we recognize their unlimited contributions to life as we know it in this country?
There has been a very outspoken group of people in the United States that have been advocated for monetary reparations for their ancesters being involuntarily brought this country. The question that begs to be asked is who should pay those reparations? Should the Commonweath of Virginia pay those reparations? After all, that slave ship landed at Jamestown in 1619. Pehaps every citizen of the United States should pay reparations, since we have all benefitted from the contibutions of the labor of those who were enslaved? What about those, who like myself, are first-generation American but are of dual ancestory (Jamaican & English)?
Just some food for thought?
Drnjbmd
posted by Drnjbmd at
15:38
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