Resolution apologizing for slavery ignites City Council clash

The Chicago Sun-Times ^ | September 27, 2025 | Mariah Woeffel

[PBRCat]

The measure sponsored by 4th Ward Ald. Lamont Robinson issued a formal apology from the City Council “to the Black citizens of Chicago for the historical injustices of slavery, segregation, systemic racism and the policies that have perpetuated racial inequality.”

It overwhelmingly passed 43-4, but not without fireworks at a marathon Council meeting Thursday.

“Shame on you!,” Robinson shouted after Lopez, Sposato, and Napolitano announced they would vote against the resolution.

Lopez, a Southwest Side alderperson, said he wouldn’t endorse the resolution because Chicago’s “own economy was not slave-driven.” Lopez noted that the city became a haven for freed men and women escaping Southern slavery. Half a million people came to Chicago as part of the Great Migration.

Lopez said the Council should focus instead on how to correct current injustices “as opposed to constantly looking backward.”

[PBRCat]

Another woke provocation meant as an empty act of virtue signaling.

Illinois was a Union state.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Never give up the con.

[No name given]

Correct.

[Texas Eagle]

...segregation,
You mean like black only graduation ceremonies?

systemic racism
You mean systems like DEI and Affirmative Action which imply that minorities are inferior?

and the policies that have perpetuated racial inequality.”
Well, hell's bells. Who has been running Chitcago for the last 4 decades and why haven't they done something about those policies?

[Texas Eagle]

Chitcago was a slave state?

[Williams]

Racist kooks. They run the city and want to pretend to be victims.

[cgbg]

No good deed goes unpunished.

[Texas Eagle]

Omygosh. A 43-4 vote is not good enough?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

In the year 2525, if man is still alive
Liberals will still be apologizing for slavery

[ProtectOurFreedom]

"Lopez said the Council should focus instead on how to correct current injustices"

Lopez, name one. Just ONE. We'll wait.

[Texas Eagle]

Perpetual victimhood.

[BitWielder1]

Never mind that no living Chicagoan had any part in what happened before 1865.

[Albion Wilde]

Chicago’s “own economy was not slave-driven.” Lopez noted that the city became a haven for freed men and women escaping Southern slavery....

Don't confuse them with facts! Their minds are made up.

[Texas Eagle]

Lopez noted that the city became a haven for freed men and women escaping Southern slavery.

Lopez noted that the city became a haven for freed men and women escaping demonicRAT slavery.

There. Fixed it.

[NFHale]

Yes… I agree with the apology… Every single Democrat should be apologizing for slavery and paying reparations to every single black. Every single Democrat should have to write out a check for reparations to some random black.

Republicans already paid for it… With their lives.

After all… The Democrats were the slaveholders that started the Civil War.

[californian by choice]

Councilman López was sincere and precise in his words. In my opinion, I would say that no one living today was responsible for that shameful historical episode. We can feel sorry, but not ashamed. Most of us are fourth- or fifth-generation, and have nothing to do with either side. It would be better if history told us something different, but it doesn't, and nothing can be done to change it, not even with complaints and demands.

[No name given]

That’s right.

[Vermont Lt]

Apologizing for slavery? It’s been 162 years for goodness sake. Apologize for the White Sox or the Cubs maybe. Not slavery.

[Texas Eagle]

Victimhood is an addiction. DemonicRATS are the pushers.

[metmom]

The north did not use slavery for anything. They fought to free the slaves. They already paid in plenty of blood during the Civil War.