New Jersey Decides to Apologize

So was this just a big waste of time or what? Does anybody "feel vindicated" now that 160+ years have passed since New Jersey allowed slavery? As if this resolution really wouldn't pass ... anybody voting "nay" would surely be derided as a racist or be similarly ostracized. And yet, all the hubbub really amounts to - nothing.

Resolution 270 reads - "The Legislature of the State of New Jersey expresses its profound regret for the State’s role in slavery and apologizes for the wrongs inflicted by slavery and its after effects in the United States of America; expresses its deepest sympathies and solemn regrets to those who were enslaved and the descendants of those slaves, who were deprived of life, human dignity, and the constitutional protections accorded all citizens of the United States; and we encourage all citizens to remember and teach their children about the history of slavery, Jim Crow laws, and modern day slavery, to ensure that these tragedies will neither be forgotten nor repeated."

I'd like to apologize to the boys I went to elementary school with. Occasionally I may have said they play sports like a girl which surely must have hurt not only their self esteem but caused them to quit early and prevented them from becoming multi-million dollar professional athletes. See? Just as pointless.

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