Years ago I attended a service w/ a Catholic priest who had Catholics apologize to non-Catholics for historical wrongs committed by the Church. I found it very moving & have been proud to do something similar regarding blacks & Native Americans in America. Nothing silly about it.
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There are collective expressions of atonement and amends. In 1988 Ronald Reagan signed the American Civil Liberties act, giving every surviving member of the Japanese internment camps in WW2 $20,000. Few taxpayers in 1988 were responsible for what the US govt did in the 1940's.

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