WHAT IF I TOLD YOU, SPEAKING AS A WHITE BOY FROM THE SOUTH: I AM SORRY. SORRY THAT I HAVE ANCESTORS IN MY FAMILY WHO FOUGHT AND DIED FOR THE CONFEDERACY: FOR THE TERRIBLE CAUSE OF CONTINUED ENSLAVEMENT OF YOUR ANCESTORS. SORRY THAT IT TOOK MY COUNTRY A FULL 100 YEARS AFTER THE CIVIL WAR TO FINALLY GUARANTEE YOUR PEOPLE FULL POLITICAL RIGHTS. SORRY FOR THE SUBTLE RACIST ATTITUDES THAT I GREW UP WITH, AND WHICH I USED TO HOLD MYSELF. MY APOLOGIES, COMING DECADES AFTER JIM CROW AND MANY CENTURIES AFTER SLAVERY WAS FIRST ESTABLISHED IN THIS COUNTRY, MAY RING EMPTY. BUT I SAY THESE WORDS ANYWAY, IN THE LIKELY EVENT THAT YOU NEVER RECEIVED AN APOLOGY FROM THOSE WHO WERE DIRECTLY RESPONSIBLE FOR THESE ABUSES. AND: BECAUSE THERE STILL REMAINS MUCH WORK TO DO TO REACH TRUE EQUALITY IN OUR SOCIETY.
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