is bout b*mbocl**t time di white man go dung pon fi dem knees and apologize fi 400 yrs of wi ancestors hard work and brutal labor but dem should a do dis from long time not now!

Its about damn time!

These white house people need to pray for there own soul because it is written, what you sow you shall reap, White people always be playing with Black People emotions like we are some toy that they can do things with as they please, After they inherited the blood wealth from by dehumanizing our ancestors for over 400 hundred years, trust me they will need more than a bill pass to atonement for their souls. Check out the following link black people and see that they are still out to kill us if not physically, phsycologically.

http://www.cnn.com/video/?/video/living/2008/07/24/bia.gupta.aids.cnn

That's a start, but change on a mental and instituional level would make more sense. The glass ceiling created should be lifted,the racist mentality has been internalized by many people need to be changed. It's almost like slavery and oppression has given birth to a kind of mental oppression and deliberate inequality that may take generations to change. It is the minds of those who continue to think one is better than the other based on skin color that needs to be changed.

Hmmm...... how ironic! after all these years dem finally want to apologise outta de blues? wha tek dem so long and why now? in some parts of the us dem still despise black pple, how dem going to sort out dat?

The people of today did not do this, it was their ancestors. And it wasn't just "whites" who practiced slavery. To right this wrong, EVERYONE today needs to work together for equality for ALL GOD's children! And fight against those who perpetuate this foolishness! Nuff said!

I'm just wondering....why does this have to go to a vote and be approved????? Is it really necessary to CONSIDER whether or not an apology should be given?????

the only reason them white dloo- bumb- a apologise is because obama a run and a go in a white house so them a trick black people now fi vote fi them,so if black poeple think them see slavery yet go vote fi them and sit down and chat and no get up off unoo backside and go vote fi abama and see if wi can used some a them white blo-d clo-h as slave like what them do us f*c- apologie a revenge mi a deel with.

I agree with "IrishGal"...why does there need to be a vote to apologize?...that's crazy...but either way I hope they do Apologize and once that has been said they owe us...big time...I think we all need some acres and a few goats about now with house's and food so expensive..: )
"FORGIVE THEM FATHER, CAUSE THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DID"....pray for them...

If unu think is white man alone did involve inna slavery i feel sorry for you.
Besides why is slavery wrong judging from the acceptance the bible has 4 it. GOD even seems to like the idea of slavery if you don't believe me tek up unu bible and read Leviticus 25:44-46,Ephesians6:5,Exodus21;1-6.
Also how GOD said how to punish the slaves exodus 21:20-21.
AND MI NUH SOME A UNU NAH GO LIKE IT BUT IS THE BOOK UNU SAY IS "GOD'S WORD" COMMANDING THESE THINGS.

The apology to black Americans by the U.S.government is long overdue.I'm pleased to know that congress has finally accepted the brutal and callous behaviour of there white ancestors.

I am a white American and have no f***ing idea what I have to apolize for!!! I didn't do sh*t!! Maybe Africa should apologize for helping in the slave trade. The F**K is a apology gonna do?? It is ova right??? Many white people died in the Civil War to give black Americans freedom, and to vote. Let's learn the past and move the f**k on!!!!

Think we should be more worried about slavery still a gwaan in Africa than some dumb white American politian trying to get recognition for himself. He is a Jew right, why don't he worry bout Germany's apology???

u dumb b*tch named nuttn, u ain't white number 1 and number few cuz a white peeps deal wid 2 civil war neva fight fi free slaves u idiot that came as a perk bec we helped ya'll dumb ass unite the south and the north. We were forced to fight motherfucker we aint volunteer just like we didnt volunteer to be slaves asshole. Fuck crackers

How dem go apoligize fi supen dat a still gwaan. B**boclott hypocrite dem. Wha dem tek mon fa? Mi life inna America most a mi life an mi still se slavery a gwan same way. Treat black like second class citizen and mek wi suffa, wid dem police burtality and scandal. Mi nuh wha hear nuhin fra dem, till mi se more change inna di system and equal right fi all people, nuh matta genda creed, color.

If I got in the United States by slavery I feel I owe the US a thank you!! My life is so blessed here. I got a good education, great job, house and cars. I love my country, I love my life, I have no desire to be in Africa. I don't let others bring me down. America owes me nothing. Nobody owns me.

NO APOLOGY!!!! THAT CAAN ERASE 500 YEARS OF PHYSICAL & MENTAL TORTURE. YU DRAG WE IN CHAINS AWAY FROM OUR LANDS. TEK WEH WE NAME/LANGUAGE/FAMILY/CULTURE. THOUSANDS OF SKELETAL REMAINS ARE IN THE ATLANTIC. YU RAPE WE WOMAN. MUTILATE DI MAN. GIVE WE SLOP & PIG FI NYAM. BRAINWASH MI PEOPLE BOUT WHITE JESUS. I CAN GO ON & ON. THE FULL HAS NEVER BEEN TOLD!!!!!! F*CK YU & YOUR APOLOGY. WE NUH WANT NUTTN. JUDGMENT A COME!!!!! YU KINGDOM A FALL. SELASSI I JAAAAAAAAH RASTAFARI!!!!!!

wi fi get compensation too

@ Tugz - Tell it Brotha!

Criticizing & Cussing others is part of the problem here, not the solution. GOD created us all to be unique and different for HIS Glory. Can't we agree to disagree sometimes without disrespecting others for their opinions? LORD Help!

In response to "nuttn"...seems to me you're an angry white american...of course you have nothing to apologize for, you didnt do anything, it all happened years ago and far away, right??? do you think its alright too that your country is sending its own children halfway around the world where it has no business to maim and kill the children of another country yet again??? history repeats itself...

no, "we" (because i'm white too) didnt do anything, it wasnt our own personal hands that caused those slaves to suffer, but it does need to be acknowledged and an apology is well deserving...it was our ancestors who sowed those wicked seeds...every race, creed, size and shape of person has helped to create the world we live in today...we need to learn from history and we need to stop the wrongs. its difficult for one person to make a difference, but standing together we can ALL make a difference....we all eat, we all think, we all feel and we all bleed the same....we can't change history but we will create the future...what legacy do we want our children to live with??? that we're all human or that some are better than others???

YEAH PROUDBLACKMAN TELL DEM lol

@ nutten
I agree with Proudblackman.... u sound like a dumb mother f@#$%er.

I feel sorry for all you fools who think the white man controls your happiness, your peace, and chance to succeed and be somebody. You are the modern day self inflicted slaves wrapped up in your own anger and excuses!! You make black people look stupid.

i agree w/ proud and black. All we can do is love and praise the Creator. Slavery becomes wrong when a slave is being abuse, physically and mentally. This is a new time, it's call Globilization, ppl from all over or getting together to make a change for the betterment of Humankind. Diaspora Africans and Africans on the continent deserve not only an apology they deserve their wealth that was stolen away from them. Let's continue to educate ourselves, treat one another with respect no matter where you were born, for we have no control of where we're born. Practice tolerance.

FI ALL DI PEOPLE WHO SEAY THAT THEY RATHER BE HERE OR TELL US WE ARE STILL SLAVES IN OUR MINDS YOU ARE WRONG. WE DONT BELONG HERE THEY DONT WANT US HERE WHAT PART OF THAT CANT U GUYS UNDERSTAND, HOW WOULD YOU LIKE IT IF YOU WERE ABDUCTED OR UR FAMILY MEMBER EVEN UR CHILD HOW WOULD YOU FEEL BECAUSE U DONT IT HASNT HAPPEND. THEY NEVER HAD A CHOICE ,EVEN THEIR OWN SOLD THEM FOR MONEY. THEY TOOK OUR NAMES, LANGUAGE AND FREEDOM FROM US, U TELL ME WHETHER WE SHOULD
STILL BE HERE NOW. THIS ONE BLACK GUY NAME OBAMA COMES IN AND WE SEE CHANGE THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED BEFORE, YOU ALL HAVE NO VALUES AND YOUR SELFISH LET THE WHITE MAN GOVERN YOUR LIVES....

Where dem a go wit them fake apologies. Let mi get this straight, like I am. You mean fi tell mi that them finally Realize why my Black people all over the world Ah struggle so hard?? Sorry, SORRY!! Judgment fi dem........ U stay there and think the Father naw watch. Where the fuck is my 40acres an a mule. Ehhh!?! That's like wat in these time Some land and a SUV.. Dont it! Babylon unless my people's get the own jus like everyone else. I do not know about You, but U see Mi. Until I see not another starving child in Africa a suffer. They take out the foundation for us and still wonder how we survie?? The Sun Burnt Faces people u ah diss?? They cann trick mi, DAT, Naw B%ooD*@#*T MEK IT... One.

a wha da whiteman a say bout god was with slavey and god agree ,shut you fu-k up a the same bible white man used and trick black man and say we no fi retaliate because we a christan a england write nuff things in a the bible fi keep we in a slavery the bible sy if a man bax yu turn around the other jaw but them can stay da if a man bax mi ,mi a chap off him bloo-clo-h hand that him cant bax mi nor no one again .so mi no know wha da white man a chat bout if move on ,you think we a f*cki-g truck we want revenge all a you bloo-clo-h ,but you all cant bring back slavery now you all get fuc-.you all see a who a run the place now his name start with b and end with n them man na take no check them come fi sweep all out.

If u tink is only white needs to apologise, then check how the blacks deal wid dem black brethern. Sometimes worse than the white. Forget the past and move on yow!!!!

And woe unto to heathens who rage, ye shall know the tree by it's fruit. It is not time for remorse from the wicked, when the lion roars it shall reverberate across the world.

Apologies from white colonisers is the same as serving rats at the dinner table, it may be nutrtious for some but the guests who know better will be insulted...

Let America keep their apologies and change all the foreing policies that victimise and oppress all of the black nations on the planet.... They have used draconian laws and the establish order to snuff out any opposition to their imperialist domination.

Blacks abuse blacks because of the systematic abuse we have endured over centuries and gotten used too. We need to rebuild our nations and re-establish our customs of looking after each member of our tribe.... Teach our daughters and sons that it is an offence to abuse each other, We have given away the the most precious jewels of the human spirit for 30 pieces of bling.... what a shame my people.

Hear my cry oh JAH, for it is in the secret place of the most high that we all shall seek our redemption from the wicked system that brutalise us daily......

Be wise my people, fear not. You ask yourself why are we systematically abused... They burn the forest and grass so that the sweet shoots will emerge season after season, without the sweet shoots the earth will perish. Infinite wisdom is there, seek it.... Stop looking to the sons of the slave masters for your redemption. Only US not the usa can free our, minds, bodies and souls from repression.....

Tell all ahh de batty bwoy dem for go weh...

Luv unno baadd and never kill a brotha - respect