Congress Set to Issue an Apology for...SLAVERY!

I hope that you all have heard via CNN and various other media outlets that Congress has decided to issue a public apology to all African-Americans for Slavery and the Jim Crow Laws. Well although an apology is always a positive thing, I speak on behalf of my people, reparations sounds much better. I appreciate the way past due initiative, however African-American’s are a major part of American history and have physically, mentally, and emotionally been tied to the birth and the present existence of this nation. Although a verbal apology from Congress is accepted, (do we have a choice?)
I am interested to know what prompted this decision. Perhaps it was “Black in America”. In any event, African-Americans are one of the few and may be the only oppressed group in the history of the United States of America, who has yet to receive reparations. Correct me if I am wrong, but Japanese and Chinese reparations have been far more successful than that of the decent of a former African-American slave. Even the land given (that word is used in the most diplomatic sense) to the Native American’s cannot compare to the amount of damage done to their culture, and their lack of existence in the United States today. If you ask them, they are still waiting for their big paycheck. However, with an apology comes admittance to wrong doing. Once you realize that you are and were wrong in the past, after the apology, how do you make it right? Check out what CNN had to say in regards to the apology:

• "The nonbinding resolution, which is expected to pass, was introduced by Rep. Steve Cohen, a white lawmaker who represents a majority black district in Memphis, Tennessee.
While many states have apologized for slavery, it will be first time a branch of the federal government will apologize for slavery if the resolution passes, an aide to Cohen said.
By passing the resolution, the House would also acknowledge the “injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow.
African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences of slavery and Jim Crow — long after both systems were formally abolished — through enormous damage and loss, both tangible and intangible, including the loss of human dignity and liberty, the frustration of careers and professional lives, and the long-term loss of income and opportunity,” the resolution states. "

I wish I could say that I am confident that this will get the ball rolling to retrieving lost property, therapy for post-traumatic slave syndrome, and patching up various other remnants of the slave trade. Let us pray….