I think that an apology would be absolutely ludicrous. As aforementioned, both those who were slaves and those who took advantage of the slaves are dead and gone.
Our generation has nothing to do with slavery. It is in the past. Those who deserve to receive the apology are not here to benefit from it.
Our generation today, the ones who would be "offering" the apology, had nothing to do with the slavery. How is it "fair" to make anyone that was never even involved in the process apologize for it? It's NOT fair.
That would be like someone telling me that I, personally, had to go to all of the family of a murdered person & apologize on behalf of the killer, even though I did not know the killer & had never met them in my whole life. What would that prove? Coming from me, someone who was not directly involved with the murder, that apology would mean absolutely NOTHING to the victims relatives.
Likewise, an apology from anyone other than those who actually committed the offense themselves, and an apology given to anyone other than those who the offense was committed against, means nothing. It's pointless.

I am not a racist, prejudice person...never have been & never will be. I believe that God loves each & every person on this Earth the same and that ALL persons were CREATED by Him to be treated equally by this world. Unfortunately, that has not happened. many, many people have been abused, mistreated & taken advantage of. That is not the way God intended for his people to be treated or to treat others.
I have lived in South Alabama ALL my life and all my family lives here & always have. That being said, I am positive that my ancestors, probably even my Great-Grandparents who were born in the late 1800's and early 1900's, partook in the slavery process. However, I MYSELF never did so, therefore, why should I have to apologize for something THEY did. I shouldn't! WE, today's generation, should not be held accountable or be made to offer an apology, for what our ancestors done. We were not alive at the time & could do nothing to prevent it then and there is nothing we can do about it now.

I hope this message does not offend anyone, as it was never intended to do so. This is just one topic that really bothers me. I guess being that I live in the South, this subject is coming out of someones mouth every time you turn around and I never hear the end of it!

I think that an apology would be absolutely ludicrous. As aforementioned, both those who were slaves and those who took advantage of the slaves are dead and gone.
Our generation has nothing to do with slavery. It is in the past. Those who deserve to receive the apology are not here to benefit from it.
Our generation today, the ones who would be "offering" the apology, had nothing to do with the slavery. How is it "fair" to make anyone that was never even involved in the process apologize for it? It's NOT fair.
That would be like someone telling me that I, personally, had to go to all of the family of a murdered person & apologize on behalf of the killer, even though I did not know the killer & had never met them in my whole life. What would that prove? Coming from me, someone who was not directly involved with the murder, that apology would mean absolutely NOTHING to the victims relatives.
Likewise, an apology from anyone other than those who actually committed the offense themselves, and an apology given to anyone other than those who the offense was committed against, means nothing. It's pointless.

I am not a racist, prejudice person...never have been & never will be. I believe that God loves each & every person on this Earth the same and that ALL persons were CREATED by Him to be treated equally by this world. Unfortunately, that has not happened. many, many people have been abused, mistreated & taken advantage of. That is not the way God intended for his people to be treated or to treat others.
I have lived in South Alabama ALL my life and all my family lives here & always have. That being said, I am positive that my ancestors, probably even my Great-Grandparents who were born in the late 1800's and early 1900's, partook in the slavery process. However, I MYSELF never did so, therefore, why should I have to apologize for something THEY did. I shouldn't! WE, today's generation, should not be held accountable or be made to offer an apology, for what our ancestors done. We were not alive at the time & could do nothing to prevent it then and there is nothing we can do about it now.

I hope this message does not offend anyone, as it was never intended to do so. This is just one topic that really bothers me. I guess being that I live in the South, this subject is coming out of someones mouth every time you turn around and I never hear the end of it!