Congress to Apologise to Black Americans for Enslavement and Segregation

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Washington : DC : USA | about 1 year ago

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Congress to Apologise to African Americans

A formal apology to black Americans for "enslavement and racial segregation," sponsored by a white Jewish congressman who represents the majority-black city of Memphis, is slated for a vote today in the House of Representatives. The resolution officially acknowledges that "lingering consequences" from slavery and segregation continue to haunt blacks in America.

If the apology passes today, the Senate would need to approve it before George BushGeorge Bush could sign the measure into law. A formal apology to American Indians for their centuries of abuse at the hands of the government passed the Senate earlier this year but has yet to receive a vote in the House.

The US government has apologised for the abuse of ethnic minorities at least twice in the past. In 1988, Congress admitted culpability in the forced internment of Japanese Americans during second world war, and an apology to native Hawaiian peoples was approved in 1993.

Cohen, the sponsor of the slavery apology, is facing a re-election challenge next week from a young black female lawyer, Nikki Tinker. He became the second white congressman to express interest in joining the influential Black Caucus group earlier this year, but abandoned the bid amid opposition from black colleagues.

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