>Apologizing for slavery? Hardly. I think the whole idea of paying reparations for things that happened centuries ago, that none of us was involved in, is silly. Now *that* is white guilt. Me, I just don't like racism.

It may not be centuries ago. I heard the author of this book on NPR last week:

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II

It's on my "to read" list.

Tamar