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Sonny Perdue Not Sure He Wants to Apologize for Slavery

March 19, 2007 by
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Should Georgia Apologize for the History of Slavery?

Georgia is in yet another struggle about its tarnished past. It seems that the fight over slavery, confederacy, and the states history may never be resolved. Governor Sunny Perdue is once agai
Sonny Perdue Not Sure He Wants to Apologize for Slavery
n smack dab in the middle of this heated debate. In response to the push for Georgia to apologize for slavery, he responded, "Repentance comes from the heart; I'm not sure about public apologies on behalf of other people as far as the motivation for them." This was Sonny Perdue's response to the suggestion that the state of Georgia should apologize for slavery. Republican State Senate President Pro Tem Eric Johnson backs the apology. Meanwhile, there are plans in the works to designate April as Confederate History and Heritage Month. If Perdue wants the state to "look forward, and not back", perhaps neither event should happen.

Last week when the NAACP requested that Georgia should apologize for slavery, the House Speaker Glenn Richardson replied, "Nobody here was office" during slavery. Edward O. DuBose, president of the Georgia NAACP said, "An apology will not improve education, but an apology will acknowledge that white benefited from slavery and the inhumane treatment of African-Americans."

Meanwhile, Senate Bill 283, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Mullis, is further polarizing the races. The bill asks that Georgians set aside "each April to honor the Confederacy, its history, soldiers and others who "contributed to the cause of Southern Independence." The bill also encourages the Georgia Civil War Commission to develop a curriculum to teach state Confederate history in schools." to teach state Confederate history in schools." Sen. Kasim Reed (D-Atlanta), stated "I think that in light of the conversation we've been having about Georgia accepting responsibility for its history as it relates to slavery, this is not appropriate," Reed said. "If we're not going to address that issue in a candid way, I find it inappropriate to be passing a measure such as this."

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Yeah, let's bring up "past" issues because you know...we don't have any CURRENT issues that we need to deal with like let's say, MODERN day slavery...no let's rehash over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again...past slavery....something (perhaps) my ancestors had a say in but I'm not responsible for. Listen, if you want an apology for PAST slavery then I would suggest highly getting yourself a shovel, going to the graves of those who enslaved African Americans, dig them up and smack em in the head real hard...you may feel better. Point is, you will NOT feel any better as there is nothing left to do about it except move on and thank the Good Lord above you're not one of the many enslaved people of today being trafficked in our country or the country of others for either sex or domestic use. Geez, get over it already...move friggin on!
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Posted on 08/11/2008 at 1:08:25 PM

I'm sorry...have I been asleep for the past 150 years? I feel like RipVanWinkle..this is 2008?? Or has the great peach state of Georgia been asleep and does not realize that the civil War ended a few years ago and that they need to now pick their own damn cotton. The war is over Georgia!, Wake up and re-join the Union. Face it knuckleheads, YOUR, yes, YOUR forefathers bought HUMAN BEINGS, enslaved them and their children,and their childrens children and THEIR childrens children and who all just happened to be Black Africans and the Civil War erupted because your state and some other numnuts wanted to form their own little world so that they could keep their cotton empire running with SLAVE labor. YES, it really happened Gov. Perdue, maybe not on your watch or during your lifetime but you are a decendant of your forefathers who I'm betting had a hand in it. Buck up and be a man about it, you'll sleep better for it.
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Posted on 04/08/2008 at 10:04:10 PM

To publicty acknowledge it would mean that the South was wrong to engage in something that was degrading and demoralizing to a race of people who did not mean them no harm
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Posted on 11/10/2007 at 9:11:00 PM

that's hilarious-they want to promote April as Confederate and Heritage month yet they don't want to publicly acknowledge-whether they were there or not that-that slavery was wrong-hilarious-some people don't know they're a$# from a hole in the ground.
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Posted on 03/19/2007 at 6:03:00 PM

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