I am very against the apology.

If a drowning man wanted a Kevlar vest while he was flailing around in the water, we wouldn't give it to him.
But is that a good analogy?

Quite frankly, I see focusing on the past "slavery" as not accomplishing anything, and those that think it does are talking out of their arse on a power trip.
If you want to talk about CURRENT racism, fine. I'm all for that.
If you want to talk about CURRENT racial inequity, causes, and potential solutions, let's go.

But pretending that an "apology" for the past is in any way necessary or pertinent to fixing these problems today? It's not. And people who THINK it is are not focusing on the potential REAL problems.


What does the apology accomplish?
Will people who ARE actually RACIST today suddenly repent? No.
Will it change anybody's minds? No.
All it is REALLY doing is INCREASING the racial divide as some people fixate on the past.


I heard one black comedian who summarized the situation by telling her that when a white person hears a black person ask for reparations or an apology for slavery, they think "I never owned any damn slaves..."

Quite frankly, what is the difference inbetween admitting that the past slavery was a terribly wrong thing, which I don't think there is any dispute over, and actually apologizing for it?
The difference, IMO, is that the apology demonstrates OWNERSHIP and RESPONSIBILITY for the past evils when we (in the present) are not responsible for the slavery which occurred over a century ago.


I saw two people discussing this on a news segment last night, and I was incredibly annoyed at the black man who kept making bullsh!t statement. Like presenting an analogy where a husband refused to admit what he did in the past to the wife and how that would damage the relationship.
1) The husband DID NOT do anything to the wife in the past. It would be more like the wife demanding an apology for something the husband's great-great-grandfather did to HIS wife a long time ago, when all parties involved are long dead.
2) NOBODY is refusing to admit to the slavery which occurred in the past. Some idiots (excuse my language, but I can't help it) deny the existence of the Holocaust. But have you EVER met ANYBODY who denied the existence of slavery???

Anyways, if we're going to fix the problems of today it WILL NOT be accomplished by giving an apology. All that shows is that some people have a grudge for something that didn't even happen to them, and THAT (IMO) is more part of the problem than it is something that needs to be acquiesced to improve the problem.