Apologizing for slavery won't fix the racial gap

Sunday, February 18, 2007

Missouri State Rep. Talibdin El-Amin of St. Louis wants Missouri to be among the first states in the nation to officially apologize for slavery. He has filed a resolution in the Missouri House that says, in part "an apology for centuries of brutal dehumanization and injustices cannot ease the past, but confession of the wrongs can speed racial healing and reconciliation."

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