How do you know when there is a bandwagon? When everyone jumps on, of course:
More than 140 years after slavery was abolished, Congress and a growing number of elected officials in states and cities are wrestling with whether to formally apologize.
The movement began in the former Confederate capital, Richmond, Va., with state legislators last month unanimously passing a resolution expressing "profound regret" over Virginia's role in slavery and the Jim Crow era.
Now, lawmakers in Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, New York, Missouri, Massachusetts and Vermont are considering similar measures that would express regret, apologize or create commemorative days.
Let my add my personal apology. I am very sorry that some people who lived and died long before I was born owned some other people who lived and died long before I was born. That was wrong of them, and I think very poorly of them because of it. I hope my position is clear.
