Even sincere institutional apologies rarely lead to restitution or lasting change
Evidence
Twenty-five years later, the SBC is still wrestling with the legacy of white supremacy and still attempting to step straight from confession to absolution without pausing seriously over the question of restitution or repair. The trajectory of two prominent white denominational leaders who were a part of the 1995 working group that produced the apology demonstrates just how difficult real changes of attitude and actions are, just how deep the defensive impulses live, even when there is an explicit attempt to move away from a racist past. — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long, 163
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Apologies are judged authentic only through changed attitudes and actions, not words — Robert P. Jones, White Too Long: The Legacy of White…, 162; Rhetorical renunciation of the past alone fails unless paired with organizational change — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past: The…, 432; Pledging future amends can deflect criticism of present wrongdoing without requiring restitution — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement: How People Do Harm…, 247 (+2 more)
Broader Connections
- Pledging future amends can deflect criticism of present wrongdoing without requiring restitution
#corroborates(0.82) — Albert Bandura, Moral Disengagement, 247 - Rhetorical renunciation of the past alone fails unless paired with organizational change
#corroborates(0.78) — Anna M. Grzymala-Busse, Redeeming The Communist Past, 432 - Universities’ reparative gestures fall short of real action.
#exemplifies(0.75) — Dorothy A. Brown, Getting to Reparations, 457