Let’s get one thing straight, Un-Associated is not a political, neither partisan company. We don’t like to touch on politically hot topics, nor do we normally like to add to polarized conversations plagued by a strict divide between the two groups.

But man….

For a second we all thought that reparations were being talked about again just because some Democratic candidates were trying to catch everyone’s attention before the election next year. However, things have really picked up, and we are legitimately having discussions and hearings again around the conversation of giving Black folk reparations. The question arises…should descendants of slavery get reparations for slavery – that’s a no-brainer. The answer is yes. What would it look like…who knows?

Some old guy named Mitch McConnell says there is no need for reparations today, then gave a list of reasons as to why – one of them being that no one who enforced it or experienced it is still live today. I feel like this statement itself inspired me to write this piece, because there are a lot of people who are not apart of the US government who may need to pay reparations to the people they’ve done wrong in the past.

Let’s face it, we all hate to admit that we are wrong. I think that in this day and age, people would rather believe a lie than admit that they are wrong. And then the thing that normally follows the admittance of wrong is an apology – that disgusting, gross, unpalatable act of humility that exhibits our submission to the person we did wrong. Maybe we judged them, maybe we misunderstood them, hopefully you didn’t enslave them. The bottom line is that no matter how proud of yourself you are, you must leave enough humility in your heart to be able to say sorry when it’s time to say sorry.

It takes a real man/woman to own up to what they did wrong. It constitutes maturity and personal growth. It’s not easy – and to be honest, when has maturity and personal growth EVER been easy? In this life, sometimes we need to do what needs to be done – even if we don’t like it. We all learned at a very young age that we should do right by everyone, and when we do wrong, we apologize. If you have to bite your tongue, if you have to take a deep breath, if you have to close your eyes – do whatever you have to do – APOLOGIZE. It doesn’t matter how long ago it happened, it doesn’t matter if is SEEMS like the person you did wrong by is “over it”. Un-Associated is not asking you – the reader – to be perfect, we are just asking that when you don’t handle a situation the right way – at least apologize the right way.

Maybe this is editorial was for you – yeah you. It’s about time you apologize to the person you did wrong. We all want to live in a world that promotes love right? Well let that be your contribution to that vision this week. Make the phone call, send the text, knock on the door – let’s make it happen.