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WHERE IS THE APOLOGY FOR SLAVERY?

The Boston Globe (Boston, MA) | July 11, 2003 | Copyright

THERE IS A SIMPLE REASON AMERICAN PRESIDENTS WILL NOT APOLOGIZE FOR SLAVERY. AN APOLOGY FOR THE PAST MEANS ASKING WHITE AMERICANS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PRESENT. ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY YEARS AFTER THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION, THAT REMAINS A TASK TOO HEAVY FOR PRESIDENTS TO PERFORM. THE TRUTH REMAINS TOO TERRIBLE FOR AMERICANS TO BEAR. Twice in five years a president has gone to Africa. Both said how terrible slavery was. In 1998, Bill Clinton said, "going back to the time before we were a nation, European Americans received the fruits of the slave trade. And we were wrong in…

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