The legacy of slavery and the long journey of African Americans is ironically the measure of this nations greatness, especially the unyielding power of it's founding documents.
Darn right! Americans of African descent have done far better in the US than any of their ancesteral cousins have ever done in thier native countries, regardless of the many obstacles within .... America made it right in the long run, and that is something that can never be taken away
I agree with you - and I'm not black.
Anybody who ever watched the movie the Amistad probably would feel the same way.
Slavery was the one evil which outlived the document which should have killed it - the Declaration of Independence, and which nearly killed the nation nearly 100 years later.
Hey...stop using politically incorrect terms.
Don't you know that the proper name is NATIVE AMERICAN?
To level the playing in proportion to wealth, Bill, hows about everyone else donating one dollar for each million that you donate.
I think it's a good idea, also.
Agreed.
Good idea. I like the fact that he's not running straight to the Govt. either.
Just because liberal nutcases use slavery at every turn to damn America doesn't mean that it wasn't an evil. Instead, just as you say, we should acknowledge it was a great evil, and point out how great it was that the strenght of our country was able to end it, even if costly.
I'd give $8...