If you ask Michael Render - aka Killer Mike - , forgiveness comes with a price. In a recent interview with Tavis Smiley on PBS, the social activist spoke on being compensated for what has happened to Black people in the past, as America has done for the Japanese and Jewish communities.
"The world told the Jews of Germany 'we are sorry. We ignored you.' They knew they were being slaughtered, they knew," Mike began. "And afterwards they said 'we'll figure it out, we'll get you a land [and] we'll help you be a country.' The world saw the horror of Hiroshima in Japan and after it was done we gave them industry,and look what they became."
He then went on to say what he, along with other Black people, deserve. "All I'm saying as a Black man, if you ask me for forgiveness be prepared to give me something or keep your forgiveness in your pocket and take it to your church."
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Source: PBS
