For the United States now to be truly a nation of nations, representing all classifications of races, religions and ethnicities, the enslavement of Africans had to exist. Going forward, we can say that as the 35 million black Americans have closed most of the gap in human capital that existed 400 years ago, there is now a sizeable constituency here advocating the development of Africa. President Clinton would not have spent ten days in Africa in recent weeks if it were not to play to the political gallery here at home, not only the black base of the Democratic Party, but also to the rest of the American family, which knows that a debt eventually has to be paid to that dark continent. The religious leader who told me that God never wastes anything was Louis Farrakhan, who also believes there should be no apologies for any history by people who did not live it. There are injustices being committed every day by man against man, which should be confronted to repair past injustice.
Whites have a responsibility to do what they can to repair the damage done by their white forebears.
Christians have a responsibility to repair the damage done by anti-Semitism, but not at the expense of others who are neither Christian nor Jew. Return to top of page.