I would first like to thank Tony of Kansas City for adding me to his roll in the name of cultural diversification. Though we object to Tony's campaign for greater debauchery we dually respect his support for both political debate and multi-cultural exchange. Tony is a resistor. To show our dedication to Tony's cause we're inviting him down to Branson for a free vacation - so he can learn where his state senator is from and to show our support for affirmative action. 
Second, we render both an apology and criticism to St. Louis Rep Talibdin El-Amin District 57 Democrat. Talibdin didn't get HCR26 passed and though no apologies were given by the state for slavery - I would personally like to apologize for the 6 slaves Taney County residents owned years ago. It's a despicable part of our history. Here's my criticism. Missouri's history of alienating groups of people isn't confined to African Americans. Martin Luther King once stated,"The law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me and I think thats pretty important." Missouri's Governor Boggs issued the only extermination order in the history of the United States based on a person's religious beliefs (this is debatable now that paganism is a recognized religion). Interestingly, the Mormon's believe the extermination order related to the religion's anti-slavery policy. During evacuation, the Mormon's lost their press - The Morning and Evening Star (now known as the Kansas City Star). What about the whole trail of tears fiasco - haven't the Native Americans earned some love too? If the bill wasn't so Afro-Centric, maybe he could've gotten somewhere. Or perhaps, he was just trying to gain some points with his constituents without any real intent to change anything.
We apologized - now its your turn.
Friday, June 29, 2007
Blacks Mexicans and Mormons oh my (1 of 3 of our Branson Missouri Race Relations Series)
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Okay, I think it is terrible what happened but I think this apologizing and reaping financial benefits is stupid. How about all the kids that were killed or disfigured for the industrial revolution or how about all the other immigrants in the early 1900's (like the irish and italian) that were discriminated against. I say move on, its history and no where in history has any country became successful without slavery. And where's the fact that the slaves that were brought to America were sold from their own people. (read history) Its called greed and money on every issue and the folks that support this find themselves no better than those that have exploited others in the past. Let's concentrate on drunk drivers, sending criminals to jail and keeping them there, or how about the innocent children being kidnapped and exploited world wide. Who speaks for them and gets them justice. Any person can succeed in America if they quit looking back and start looking forward and concentrate on making themselves better. There are so many other issues that effect us as a whole that we need to consider our selves Americans, not Afro-American, Asian American, etc. Your either American or not.With those titles its not a melting pot, its promoting racial division.
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