The House did pass a resolution apologizing for slavery. To a liberal, that is a “deed.” All about feelings and little to nothing about results.
“the Civil War, the ratification of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the continuing practice of racial preferences” not to mention the over 600,000 dead in the Civil War aren’t deeds enough?
From April….Obama and the Drive for Slavery Reparations
Check, Please (Obama Plans Reparations for Slavery)
One of the most appealing features of the Barack Obama candidacy is the idea that Obama is “postracial”–that he is a candidate who is black and does not practice the adversarial politics of Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton…
But a story in the Honolulu Star-Bulletin raises serious questions about Obama’s postracialism. The paper describes an Obama appearance at Unity ‘08, “a convention of four minority journalism In this view, the following deeds are insufficient to balance the ledger between America and the descendants of slaves: the Civil War, the ratification of the 13th, 14th and 15th amendments, Brown v. Board of Education, the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the continuing practice of racial preferences. associations”:
“I personally would want to see our tragic history, or the tragic elements of our history, acknowledged,” the Democratic presidential hopeful said.
“I consistently believe that when it comes to whether it’s Native Americans or African-American issues or reparations, the most important thing for the U.S. government to do is not just offer words, but offer deeds.”
Exactly what Obama is advocating here cannot be determined, but it seems to be something of an endorsement of the idea of “reparations for slavery,” which is usually taken to mean cash payments.
(Excerpt) Read more at online.wsj.com …
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