[Vision2020] We're Sorry!

[heirdoug at netscape.net]

Regrets for Slavery
Background

Walter Williams, responding to the Virginia Assembly's apology for 
slavery, says the legislature is apologizing for the wrong things. 
Largely black Richmond has a murder rate of 43 people per 100,000 
population (nearly eight times the national average), giving it the 
third-highest murder rate in the nation. Black education is a disgrace 
in Virginia, with 51% of black eighth graders scoring below basic, and 
with the median SAT score for black students in Virginia a shameful 848 
out of 1600, 210 points below the white median.

>From Walter E. Williams over at Town Hall:

"The next time the Virginia General Assembly gets into an apologetic 
mood and wants to pass another resolution aimed at its black citizens, 
here are my suggestions: The Commonwealth of Virginia apologizes to its 
black citizens for not protecting them from criminals who prey upon 
them and make their lives a daily nightmare. The Commonwealth also 
apologizes for our government-sanctioned school system that delivers 
fraudulent education, thereby consigning many of its black citizens to 
the bottom rungs of the economic ladder."

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