Virginia Issues Apology for Slavery

Discussions on the collective effects of slavery on the descendants of the enslaved and the extermination of the indigenous American populations on the determination of America's racial relations remain obscured by accusations of exploitation and apologist explanations that it was justified and justifiable on the basis of the moral code of that time. Here is an example of moral courage that came centuries too late for those who lived and died as slaves but the moral ambiguity is being put to rest. Enslavement of people of all races for whatever reason is inconsistent with high-minded political formations based on expansion of human freedom. The legislators and people of the State of Virginia deserve my congratulations. That state can then seek greatness without hypocrisy.