Apology Accepted....?

This comes on the heels of a previous post but perhaps CNN's "black in america" was portentous due to the fact that now the House of Representatives is poised to pass a resolution to apologize for slavery and the era of Jim Crow. The resolution was introduced by rep. Steve Cohen who represents Memphis, TN. According to the report there have been states that have apologized but never has a body of the government acknowledged definite wrong doing.

Once the pending document transitions to active the House plans to commit itself to "the occurrence of human rights violations in the future." However the resolution will not address the controversial issue of reparations. This will not be the first time lawmakers have apologized as Native Americans, Hawaiians, and Japanese Americans have also received the gracious honor of accepting an abstract apology.

While this maybe a positive step it is clearly ambiguous concerning what this will now change. The current precedent suggests that an apology will change and/or neutralize nothing, but we shall see. Interesting to say the least.