I know this is a fine line, so let’s all tread carefully, yes? As you probably know, yesterday the Legislature approved a resolution expressing “profound regret for the involuntary servitude of Africans, and calling for reconciliation among all Floridians.” There has been lots of talk about it, and now we’re officially apologizing for slavery.

I have to be completely honest here and say I really don’t know how to feel about this. My gut says day late, dollar short. My head says our legislature has more pressing matters to concern themselves with than meaningless rhetoric that falls far short of actually making any damn difference with regards to slavery. Somewhere in between says it is sad that a bunch of white dudes probably think this makes it OK to be a racist - “I apologized, didn’t I? Shit, what more do you want?!”

Based on the lackluster performance of the Legislature of late, ultimately I’m just disappointed. I know this is important, and I’m glad that somewhere in the official records of our sad, sad history there will be a formal apology for future aliens to read. I just can’t help but think there are more important things they could be doing this very moment - you know, like enacting legislation that fights the issues of racism that we see today. That’d be a novel idea, eh?

Unfortunately it just wouldn’t be a Splog post if we didn’t make some kind of inappropriate joke. So, I present to you, the original caption of the photo that ran with the story:

Sorry for slavery!