Cohen, a Tennessee Democrat, has introduced a resolution apologizing for all of the wrongs suffered by blacks at the hands of the U.S. government, especially slavery and segregation. And Brownback, a Kansas Republican, is pushing a measure offering "an apology to all native peoples" for hundreds of years of government hostility and oppression.
Neither resolution is binding. And neither would require the United States to offer reparations to those wronged, although they would be powerful statements if adopted by either the House or the Senate.
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Writerfella here --
Wow! Think about it! The US will apologize to Native Hawaiians, Native Filipinos, Spain, France, England, Portugal, any and all members of Polynesia, Guam, Okinawa, the Aleutians, Cuba, Puerto Rica, Diego Garcia, Aniwetok, Bikini, and then to any aliens that might have crashed at Roswell! And any and all of that would be NON-BINDING!! Sounds like a tree falling in the forest, and no one is around to hear...
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Russ Bates
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Someone satirically suggested that we should apologize to indentured servants too. But since these people chose servitude voluntarily, the situations aren't comparable.
Writerfella here --
Much as are the contributors to this blog, right?
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Russ Bates
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