First, IMHO I believe that we need to listen to AA when they speak and not talk over them. Sadly, that seems to happen here on a regular basis. Listening would be a start.
Second, I have no answer to what we should do. I learned a lot from that article, it was indeed thought provoking and it pained me to read.
There is this too.
Rep. John Conyers re-introduces H.R. 40 on reparations for slavery and discrimination
Posted January 4th, 2013 by James DeWolf Perry
Category: Repair and reparations Tags: H.R. 40, Rep. John Conyers, Reparations for slavery, U.S. Congress
Representative John Conyers (D-Mich.) has re-introduced legislation before the 113th U.S. Congress to acknowledge slavery and racial discrimination, study their impact, and propose remedies.
H.R. 40, numbered in recognition of the unfulfilled promise to freed slaves of “40 acres and a mule,” has been introduced by Rep. Conyers at the start of every Congress since 1989. The bill bears the following formal title, as it has in previous years:
To acknowledge the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery in the United States and the 13 American colonies between 1619 and 1865 and to establish a commission to examine the institution of slavery, subsequently de jure and de facto racial and economic discrimination against African-Americans, and the impact of these forces on living African-Americans, to make recommendations to the Congress on appropriate remedies, and for other purposes.
If the past is any guide, the short title of H.R. 40 is likely to be, “Commission to Study Reparation Proposals for African-Americans Act.”
H.R. 40 has been referred to the House Judiciary Committee for further consideration. Rep. Conyers is the ranking minority member of the Judiciary Committee, and chaired the committee the last time there was a Democratic majority in the House.
http://www.tracingcenter.org/blog/2013/01/rep-john-conyers-re-introduces-h-r-40-on-reparations-for-slavery-and-discrimination/
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