jonchristiansen.net Blog » SLAVERY http://jonchristiansen.net/blog Me giving my opinion. Same as most blogs. Sat, 17 Jul 2010 04:16:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Slavery apology GET OVER IT!!! http://jonchristiansen.net/blog/2007/01/17/slavery-apology-get-over-it/ http://jonchristiansen.net/blog/2007/01/17/slavery-apology-get-over-it/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2007 22:25:45 +0000 Jon http://jonchristiansen.net/blog/2007/01/17/slavery-apology-get-over-it/ This is my response to the slavery apology debate.  The entire story is below.

First of all, let me start by saying I’m part black, so don’t call me a redneck racist.  My take is that for every black person living in America today slavery was a good thing.  You would not be here today if it weren’t for slavery.  Do you honestly know anything about Africa today?  Would you really rather be living there right now?  Would you really like to live in a hut and have AIDS? 
Have you ever met your ancestors who were slaves?  Why should anyone apologize to anyone who is living today for things that happened hundreds of years ago?  History is full of wars and invasions and genocides.  It’s been going on since the beginning of time.  Why do black people in this country feel they need special recognition for bad things that happened to people they didn’t even know?
Here’s the original story from AOLA state legislator said black people “should get over” slavery and questioned whether Jews should apologize “for killing Christ,” drawing denunciations Tuesday from stunned colleagues.

  

Virginia state Del. Frank Hargrove defends his remarks on slavery that were quoted in a newspaper article as Del. David Englin listens
Steve Helber, AP
Del. Frank D. Hargrove, 79, made his remarks in opposition to a measure that would apologize on the state’s behalf to the descendants of slaves.  

In an interview published Tuesday in The Daily Progress of Charlottesville, Hargrove said slavery ended nearly 140 years ago with the Civil War and added that “our black citizens should get over it.”

The newspaper also quoted him as saying, “are we going to force the Jews to apologize for killing Christ?”

  

Black lawmakers swiftly denounced Hargrove’s comments.  

“When somebody tells me I should just get over slavery, I can only express my emotion by projecting that I am appalled, absolutely appalled,” said Del. Dwight C. Jones, head of the Legislative Black Caucus.

Del. David L. Englin also criticized Hargrove’s remarks, recalling that his grandparents were driven from their homes in Poland “by people who believed that as Jews, we killed Christ.”

When Hargrove rose to speak, he told Englin he didn’t care about Englin’s religion. “I think your skin was a little too thin,” Hargrove said as lawmakers gasped and groaned.

By the way, who’s the sort of good looking guy sitting next to the old guy?

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