Quote:
Originally posted by TheEpitome1920
To apologize means recognizing that it did happen and that corporations that are still in existence profitted from it. So in a way it does affect people who were never enslaved or owned slaves.
The enslavement of Africans in the United States was/is a human rights issue that has never been fully addressed in the ways other crimes have. We continue to skirt around the issue because we are "so far removed" from it. Ignoring the fact this particular form of enslavement continues to affect American society.
|
Lets cut to the chase. You are not looking for an apology. Apologies have already been made. The people running Wachovia were not even born 150 years ago. The people that deserve the apology are all dead. We already knew that slavery took place and businesses profited from it. What you really want is 40 acres and a Bentley.