“If you stick a knife in my back nine inches and pull it out six inches, there's no progress. If you pull it all the way out that's not progress. Progress is healing the wound that the blow made. And they haven't even pulled the knife out much less heal the wound.”

-Malcom X

An apology, is just words if there is no action to back them up. Though of course, I don't know whether or not there has been action taken by the government in the pursuit of reconciliation. If there is, it's unfortunately not mentioned in the article.