What Took So Long?
Categories: In The News, Real Estate News
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The Florida Legislature finally apologized for slavery and the wrong that can never be righted.
According to the Miami Herald, “The Legislature expresses its profound regret for Florida’s role in sanctioning and perpetuating involuntary servitude upon generations of African slaves”.
The Legislature unfortunately stopped short of offering reparations to the descendants of the millions of slaves who suffered horrific torture and abuse at the hands of their owners.
Adora Obi Nweze, president of the Florida NAACP, was quoted as saying “Those who suffered are not here to hear the words, but the descendants of those who were enslaved deserve to hear the words uttered that it did exist.”
Perhaps the Florida Legislature, other states legislatures and the federal government should learn from the example of the German government who paid reparations to the millions who survived the Holocaust as well as the relatives of those who did not survive.
40 acres and a Mule was a promise not kept and it is time for government agencies to step up to the plate and keep the promise. The shameful era of slavery will never be erased or forgotten, and sadly it cannot be changed, but compensation to the descendants of slaves would surely be a step in the right direction.
