slavery is a deep issue that a meaningful percentage of americans, roughly 13-14%, deal with. even today in 2008. you see, slavery set back an entire culture of human beings hundreds of years. to me, it's like entering a game of monopoly after your peers have been playing for hours and have bought up 90% of the property and now you enter the game. yeah, its possible to still compete or even win, but it's extremly difficult. and when i say compete or win, i'm talking about competing with the johnson and johnson's, the fords, the exxons, you know, the old money that was earned because you got to play monopoly from the beginning, not the end. nobody needs to apologize to anybody, but aknowledge...

slavery is a deep issue that a meaningful percentage of americans, roughly 13-14%, deal with. even today in 2008. you see, slavery set back an entire culture of human beings hundreds of years. to me, it's like entering a game of monopoly after your peers have been playing for hours and have bought up 90% of the property and now you enter the game. yeah, its possible to still compete or even win, but it's extremly difficult. and when i say compete or win, i'm talking about competing with the johnson and johnson's, the fords, the exxons, you know, the old money that was earned because you got to play monopoly from the beginning, not the end. nobody needs to apologize to anybody, but aknowledge that there is still a problem today, february 28, 2008. what gets me is how an incident that took place 70 yrs ago makes its way to court and whatever the out come of that court case is, it becomes the standard forever, but when you look back at slavery, share cropping or jim crow...take your pick, nobody wants to acknowledge that history.