We have a seemingly bottomless collection of evidence of black people at critical junctures, both personal and societal, never reflecting on the importance and long-term consequences of making excuses.
Myriad whites over decades now have openly and honestly exhorted their apologies for, in most cases, things they never even did.
We're suckers for it, but history will regard us a the cohort who tried their asses off, despite its limited effect. Our conscience is clean.