Senate apologizes for slavery, segregation in U.S.

Friday 19th June, 05:00 AM JST

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inkjet at 01:45 PM JST - 23rd June

Not sure, parents are Japanese, does that count as white?

sorry i got my signals crossed. i merged you with a different poster.

i think it's great to help people who are suffering. i really do respect that. maybe you will inspire me to do something myself.

i strongly disagree with people who say simply being white makes you guilty of something.
OssanAmerica at 06:15 AM JST - 24th June

The Senate uses my tax meney like the NY City school board. Passing resolutions that mean nothing are a waste of time and money. Next they'll pass a resolution proclaiming that the Roman invasion of the British Isles was wrong.
rbodell at 11:39 PM JST - 24th June

I am more than ready to pay my share of repatriations. All you have to do is to show where I have owned you. If I did not own you, go leech off your owner.
Everton2 at 10:35 AM JST - 25th June

jhk - Just lay off African kids. Every lonely bleeding heart looking for attention wants to talk about African kids. This is about slavery and the argument for reparations. If you are truly interested in doing some good perhaps reparations for those women raped by Japanese soldiers in WW2 may be a more legitimate cause for you, but perhaps before you do that you may want to sort out your personal confusion about what you are.
hamiltontruther at 08:51 PM JST - 25th June

i can never figure out why americans flog themselves over this when countries such as canada whisk it under the carpet.
hamiltontruther at 08:52 PM JST - 25th June

wouldn't it be nice if japan could come to terms with its past and present in terms of race relations.
smithinjapan at 11:35 PM JST - 25th June

hamilton: Are you serious, or just spouting off without knowing much? there were some slaves in the 17th and 18th century, and even a few after, but slavery was not NEAR the issue it was in the US. What's more, Canada purchased and set forth swaths of land for slaves who had escaped north from the South via the 'Underground Railroad' (to live freely, not as slaves). Needless to say they provided safe-haven at 'stations' (said safe havens where the escaped were given food/shelter).

Racism following slavery? That's another issue which I'd be happy to discuss on another thread. Apologies? Canada's been pretty good at giving them out. They apologized to Native North Americans for atrocities, stealing land, and destroying their lives, etc. Canada formally apologized to formerly interned Japanese in the late eighties and I think even recompensed them some $20,000 or so.
jhk at 08:33 AM JST - 26th June

Everton2, the biggest reparation any individual can make, is to pull out their credit card and start helping the poor.

Tiger Woods doesn't need any reparation whatsoever (In fact he could be doing some reparations big time if isn't already), I don't need any reparation, and frankly, neither do you. However 26,000 of our "Brothers & Sisters" do. Dig?
hamiltontruther at 08:12 PM JST - 26th June

@smithinjapan;or should I say j-smithinjapan. you wear it on your sleave. presumably from bc? you just supported my point. the canadian government downplays the involvement in slavery in canada. to be truthful the brits had a lot to do with it yet we cannot wring our hands of it either and at the same time it bothers me to say that it was not as bad as it was in america. that's a child's way out. that's what our* education* teaches us.
Everton2 at 04:35 PM JST - 29th June

rbodell at 11:39 PM JST - 24th June wrote: I am more than ready to pay my share of repatriations. All you have to do is to show where I have owned you. If I did not own you, go leech off your owner.

Man please!!!! Is there anything you would pay reparations for? I know you have more than just ear wax between both ears. If you don't believe in reparation or cant see the arguments for it, then you would have probably supported slavery and fight tooth and nail to maintain it. Slavery was wrong then, it is wrong now and is wrong in the future.

It is patently moronic to advance the argument that since you did not own slaves then it had nothing to do with you. It is not just about owning slaves, it goes well beyond that to physical brutality and denials on the basis of race.
Himajin at 04:50 PM JST - 29th June

If you don't believe in reparation or cant see the arguments for it, then you would have probably supported slavery and fight tooth and nail to maintain it

No, I think that's faulty reasoning. Reparations to slaves, yes...but how many generations have passed? Doesn't it seem a bit late to you?
Everton2 at 06:26 PM JST - 29th June

Himajin. There cannot be a statue of limitation on state organized crimes against a people. Germany is still paying for its crimes against the Jews, and if 100 years had passed then it would be paid to the ancestors/ surviving family members of those who suffered. To say that the victims are dead and therefore that exonerates the penetrator is ridiculous. The state continues to exist and so do the direct ancestors of those who suffered. In this context reparations are owed to their families
teleprompter at 07:06 PM JST - 29th June

In this context reparations are owed to their families

Ridiculous.
Himajin at 10:32 AM JST - 30th June

I'm not saying anyone is exonerated.
jhk at 01:34 PM JST - 30th June

Then make reparations to Africa, where it has become completely messed up, mostly because of European "meddling".