Do you think there should be only western countries that should apologize for slavery?

[RolandCuthbert]

Another troll.

Another lie.

Benin apologized,

Cameroon apologize.

Ghana apologized. Along with a bunch of nations and many tribes.

It is kind of hard for a lot of nations to apologize because they didn't exist. So in many African nations, chieftains have even taken on the responsibility.

I have been researching for a few years now the possibility of retiring to Ghana. Because they have a program whereby African-Americans, proven descendants of slavery, can go back and buy land cheaply. Last year was declared the Year of Return for African-Americans.

https://www.theroot.com/africans-have-apologized-for-slavery-so-why-won-t-the-1790876029

Africans Have Apologized for Slavery, So Why Won’t the US?

Five years ago this week, just months after President Barack Obama took office, the Senate unanimously passed a resolution apologizing for slavery. The Senate acknowledged “the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality and inhumanity of slavery” and apologized “to African Americans, on behalf of the people of the United States, for the wrongs committed against them and their ancestors who suffered under slavery.”

The House of Representatives had passed a similar measure the previous year. But Congress could not resolve the two apologies because of differing views on how the resolution would be used in any discussion of reparations. The Senate version was insistent that an apology would not endorse any future claims. The House could not agree. Significantly, the office of the president of the United States has never issued an apology.

[hellionthesagereborn]

Considering every single society had slavery, that Africans enslaved more whites then whites enslaved Africans and whites were enslaved by muslims to a staggering degree and the west was the first to say that slavery was wrong and they pressured every one else to end slavery to the point were even to this day western nations have less occurences of slavery then anywere else in the world, I would say no, that would be stupid.

[Anonymous]

Nope. What when Africans still enslave their brethren today. Slavery was just made illegal, though it is very likely still practiced, in Mauritania as example in 2007. Other countries like Chad & the Congo the slavery or indenturing of others (particularly youths) will never stop even if a thousand years were to pass.

What leftists & their ilk don't understand is a LOT, if not all, of the slaves that Spanish & what not took off with from Africa were sold by their own brethren to slavers. And that's pretty damn obvious when as said it's very typical practice throughout various African areas today.

[Yads_Is_Back]

I think they have already apologized and people are just stuck on the past. You can't change it; it's history.

But as a direct answer, everyone should be apologetic of it.

[John_Galt]

the people who need to apologize, are all dead... What we need to do is study our past, learn from the good and make damn sure we never repeat the bad!
I don’t believe in “class guilt, group guilt or racial guilt” you can’t assign guilt to a people simply because their ancestors committed terrible crimes.

[BeMuse]

The only people that should apologize for slavery are the ones still doing it. So look to the Chinese who have uyghurs picking cotton as slave laborers or Black Africans that are slaving pygmies in the Congo or slaving black migrants in Libya. Western society doesn’t condone slavery so we have nothing to apologize for.

[tHISpLACEiSbONKERZ]

Slavery is still a thing in Africa, also it were Africans who sold other Africans into slavery. Whites didn't go and chase them around the Sahara, they went to slave markets. The people who owned slaves are long dead and no one who is alive owes anyone anything.

[Kaneki05]

Huh how would that work? why would i apologize for something i had no part in. and why would are Pm Boris he never took part of it?
Not even are queen is that old enough to of been taking part in that.

[ShortCircuit]

The only people that should "apologize" for slavery are any individuals who ever personally owned slaves. But for such people, the consequences should be far worse than an "apology".

[Praisethewalls]

It depends on collateral slavery of a country you defeated was not uncommon the issue with Western slavery especially of blacks is the propaganda used to instill it keep it relative as we speak there are non black Western people who are not white who believe the propaganda and spread it and shoot down every good attempt they make putting the pressure on black people to rise to the occasion and prove themselves or default to being viewed as thugs he can't think any better for themselves

[jshm2]

Since we profited most from it (and in many cases still do) Western countries still have a lot of issues to resolve, over that era.

[Not_Average]

None of us need to apologize, because none of us were slave owners, nor were any of our parents or grandparents. Almost every ethnicity has been enslaved throughout history. This seems silly

[VanillaSalt]

What’s my apology gonna do to help you who’s never been a slave? People stuck in the past get over your shit and focus on the future.

[Lunatic1]

No, many nations took part in the practice of slavery at one point or another. From England to Egypt to many areas of Africa and many more that have slipped my mind at the moment, it was a common practice throughout the world for many years.

[andreasderjuengere]

I don't keep any slaves. Why should I apologize for something I haven't done?
With others I see it the same way.

[TheFlak38]

I don't apologise for anything. Wether slavery or racism or oppression or nazis or anything that communists come up with when they masturbate every night.

[Anonymous]

Slavery has always been wrong, cruel and immoral.
Just because other people engaged in it, it's not an excuse or argument to justify your (your in general) wrongdoings

[OddBeMe]

No everyone should. But don’t write off America’s transatlantic slave trade because they had help in Africa.

[Anonymous]

It's sad the way people use slavery to attack america. It really shows their ignorance.

[Alexandrubaschet08]

Yes, because the East European one had been slaves many times for the invadators.
Turks
Mongosl
Romans
Hungaryans
Austrians
Russians
Nomadic tribes
All East Europ countrys had been slaves in at time in theyr history.

[Anonymous]

Apologize to who? The last slave died decades ago. Way too late for that.

[EyesOfGod]

No point no one who is alive today was a slave. Just like how Japan shouldn't need to apologise for their pre-1945 behavior.

[Nintendo-64]

arabs should also, apologize. Arabs are also responsible for brutal crimes against other nations.
I am from Turkey, my people suffered and still suffering from hands of arabs.

[Anonymous]

No. But the western countries did the *least* slavery, so I don't get why it would be them who would apologize.