Comments for 'Pardon Us for Slavery,' Says Brazil's Lula in Africa at http://www.brazzilmag.com , comment 0 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.brazzilmag.com Mon, 13 Oct 2008 18:24:49 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/2051/1/#pc_219 As a black American I can agree but at least your President Lula acknowledged the sins against Africans in Brazil and exposed the causes of Africa\'s lack of development. This may all be political posturing but it is better than what the US has done in acknowledging slavery and it\'s evil legacy. In America social scientists are still blaming black people for their lack of progress and blaming it on supposed genetic and biological inferiority. Pres. Lula took that first step in acknowledging the problem and I respect him for that. - Guest Fri, 15 Apr 2005 20:18:35 +0100 http://www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/2051/1/#pc_217 It is all very good and well to ask forgiveness for what happened over a century ago, but when is Lula going to address those who are still currently ensalved in the North of Brazil? I doubt that Lula`s ass-kissing in Africa is was of any great comfort to the thousands of people in debt bondage, working under the gun, in the most inhospitable conditions imagineable in Brazil TODAY. - Guest Fri, 15 Apr 2005 05:53:09 +0100