{"id":501,"date":"2013-09-16T18:34:54","date_gmt":"2013-09-17T01:34:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/capitolhillnationalcaucus.us\/?p=501"},"modified":"2016-02-24T23:44:24","modified_gmt":"2016-02-25T06:44:24","slug":"standing-cong-resolutions-part-iii-excepts-from-resolutions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justiceville.us\/thechnc\/standing-cong-resolutions-part-iii-excepts-from-resolutions\/","title":{"rendered":"STANDING: Cong. Resolutions Part III Excepts From Resolutions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Part III: The Corpus Delicti \u2013 \u201cbody of evidence\u201d
\n\u201cI am tired of apologizing and being white-guilt tripped\u201d<\/span><\/strong>
\nAnonymous
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

Excerpts In The Resolutions Granting Moratorium
\n<\/strong>Listed below are several passages of the House Resolution that points to the need for a Next Step that leads to healing and reconciliation.\u00a0 It is another \u201cbody of evidence\u201d \u2013 Corpus delicti that grants this Moratorium Proposition<\/p>\n

2. Whereas, slavery in America resembled no other form of involuntary servitude
\nknown in <\/strong>history, as Africans were captured and sold at auction like inanimate
\nobjects or animals;<\/strong><\/p>\n

5. Whereas, the system of slavery and the visceral racism against persons of African
\ndescent upon which it depended became entrenched in the Nation’s social fabric;<\/strong><\/p>\n

6. Whereas,\u2026the Civil War, which was fought over the slavery issue;<\/strong><\/p>\n

7.\u00a0 Whereas, after emancipation from 246 years of slavery\u2026and racial segregation laws
\nthat imposed a rigid system of officially sanctioned racial segregation in virtually all\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 areas of life;<\/strong><\/p>\n

8.\u00a0 Whereas the system of de jure racial segregation known as Jim Crow\u2026was a direct <\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 result of the racism against persons of African descent engendered by slavery ;<\/strong><\/p>\n

9.\u00a0 Whereas,… the vestiges of Jim Crow continue to this day;<\/strong><\/p>\n

10. Whereas, African-Americans continue to suffer from the consequences<\/strong> of slavery
\nand Jim Crow<\/p>\n

11. Whereas the story \u2026against them should not be purged from or minimized in the <\/strong>
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 telling of American history;<\/strong><\/p>\n

12. Whereas President George W. Bush acknowledged slavery’s continuing legacy<\/strong> in
\nAmerican life and the need to confront that legacy when he stated that slavery “was . . .
\n one of the greatest crimes of history<\/strong> . . .<\/p>\n

\u2026 And many of the issues that still trouble America have roots in the bitter
\nexperience <\/strong>of other times.<\/strong> But however long the journey, our destiny is set: liberty
\nand justice for all.”<\/p>\n

13. Whereas, President Bill Clinton also acknowledged the deep-seated problems
\ncaused <\/strong>by the continuing legacy of racism against African-Americans that began
\nwith <\/strong>slavery\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

14. Whereas, a genuine apology is an important and necessary first step<\/strong> in the
\nprocess of racial reconciliation;<\/p>\n

15. Whereas, an apology for centuries of brutal dehumanization and injustices cannot
\nerase the past, but confession of the wrongs committed can speed racial healing
\nand <\/strong>reconciliation and help Americans confront the ghosts of their past; <\/strong><\/p>\n

17. Whereas it is important for this country, which legally recognized slavery through its
\nConstitution and its laws, to make a formal apology for slavery and for its successor,
\nJim Crow, so that it can move forward and seek reconciliation, justice, and harmony for
\nall of its citizens: Remember – “I Have A Dream”<\/p>\n

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