Not that this will change much in real terms for the lives of African-Americans in the US, but it's a good place to begin.
WASHINGTON - The House on Tuesday issued an unprecedented apology to black Americans for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery and Jim Crow segregation laws.I like that they added Jim Crow to the discussion, because it advances the timeline on the issue of how long African-Americans have been oppressed in this country. It's not far enough--an accurate discussion has to acknowledge that institutional racism still exists and is a major factor in the lives of African-Americans and other minorities to this day--but it's at least a start and it doesn't further the lie that everything was just fine after slavery ended.
Labels: institutional racism, slavery apology
