tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post5463962240824483518..comments2023-10-29T04:09:09.290-05:00Comments on THINGS according to me: ApologiesJackiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-35517157139190294442007-03-07T02:30:00.000-06:002007-03-07T02:30:00.000-06:00Monica,Absolutely. A commission is a what is need...Monica,<BR/>Absolutely. A commission is a what is needed. This government loves commissions, seriously. Publish it's findings and have that national debate out loud. It will be painful but like you said then we can move past it. Now it's like a wound that this country keeps all cleaned and freshly bandaged, but it never healed.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-31440415668275343152007-03-06T16:59:00.000-06:002007-03-06T16:59:00.000-06:00jackie,What's holding an apology back?Money and po...jackie,<BR/>What's holding an apology back?<BR/><BR/>Money and politics.<BR/><BR/>That interest on the 40 acres and a mule compemsation that passed Congress but was vetoed by Andrew Johnson is STILL accruing.<BR/><BR/>Every day fresh evidence is being unearthed about the numerous American corporations that either used slave labor, or profited from it with the blessings and protections of a US government dominated at the time by legislators from slave holding states.<BR/><BR/>It's time for a Truth Commission on Slavery. The country has been in a deep denial about the effects of slavery on our nation for too long and it needs to be dealt with so that we can move forward. (I argue that we are STILL experiencing the post-traumatic effects of slavery)Monica Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-15003700804452110042007-03-06T16:50:00.000-06:002007-03-06T16:50:00.000-06:00My atitude toward Black history is one that is sha...My atitude toward Black history is one that is shared by my mom, my late godmother and Tom Joyner.<BR/><BR/><BR/>EVERY month is Black History Month.Monica Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-55729540461935250972007-03-03T02:48:00.000-06:002007-03-03T02:48:00.000-06:00Monica,So what's holding my government back? That...Monica,<BR/>So what's holding my government back? That is the question. I remember the big stink when Clinton was on the verge of doing it. ??? <BR/>I can't imagine doing something that egregious to another person, and not apologizing, then expecting that persons, loyalty, trust and support.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-62824300641560511532007-03-03T02:17:00.000-06:002007-03-03T02:17:00.000-06:00Dharma,I don't think there are many people who wou...Dharma,<BR/>I don't think there are many people who wouldn't say slavery was wrong and horrid. But the point here is that this wrong was perpetrated by and we were failed protection by our own government. The point is also, what is the problem exactly with making an official true, clean apology? Why is it so difficult to do about something so clearly wrong and hurtful. I didn't even mention the 40 acres and mule that was promised and never paid the freed slaves. What they got was Jim Crow, share cropping and the KKK. Whether a transgression is minor or major, an apology has healing power especially if a relationship is to continue..if trust is expected.Jackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14802989264619041023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-17496704971749523862007-03-02T19:44:00.000-06:002007-03-02T19:44:00.000-06:00The healing can begin when our government says 'I'...The healing can begin when our government says 'I'm Sorry.'<BR/><BR/>We've seen Germany apologize to Jews for the Holocaust and our government apologize to Japanese-Americans for interning them during World War II and paying reparations. <BR/><BR/>The Japanese goverment has finally gotten around to admitting that they used women in the Asian countrioes they occupied during WW2 as 'comfort women'.<BR/><BR/>So what's holding my government back from doing the same thing for 246 years of slavery?Monica Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09702533200851174728noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22241409.post-58809983885475753532007-03-02T15:17:00.000-06:002007-03-02T15:17:00.000-06:00Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I grew u...Thanks for sharing your thoughts on this. I grew up just outside Atlanta in the 1960's and 1970s. The KKK was very visible then, passing out pamphlets on street corners. They even held a rally by our high school. I never understood it. And I never participated in it.<BR/><BR/>I don't know what it is like to be black, but I do know what it is like to be discriminated against. I know what it is like to be denied for jobs and to be beaten up for being different. I know what it is like to live in a world where epithets against your culture are used regularly everywhere and even as the butts of jokes.<BR/><BR/>I have found that what I need isn't apologies. What I need to heal can't come from anyone but me. I have to choose to love myself and to let go of the victim labels and resentments that hold me back. <BR/><BR/>Imagine how the world can change if we spend less time defending the walls that divide us and more time building bridges.<BR/><BR/>There was a poster I saw when I was a kid. It had two sets of footprints. One of the sets of foot prints had three feet. At the bottom were these words, "I like you. You're different."<BR/><BR/>I like you, Jackie. You're different. And I learn a lot from reading your blog.<BR/><BR/>Peace,<BR/>Dharmashanti<BR/><BR/>Come out to where the Blogosphere meets the Dharm-iverse!<BR/>http://dharmashanti.blogspot.comDharma Kelleherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16986810812662846524noreply@blogger.com