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She's not expressing remorse, she's selfishly scared for herself.
Remorse requires accountability, not excuses and projection.
She made a racist, hateful, hearsay statement and now that it might affect her she says she can't be hateful because she's "gay and biracial." That's the definition of dodging accountability.
"But I'm gay and biracial"
"Oh, I had no idea. Do whatever you want all of the time."
Out of curiosity, what would accountability look like to you, in this case. Since she's admitted guilt she's likely to be held at least partially responsible for the crimes of others if it's found her racist claim played a part in the crimes motivation. I assume she's likely to lose her job as well, but we'll have to wait and see i suppose.
I like your question! To me it starts with a real apology without excuses. Real apologies are generally short and put one in a vulnerable situation, like
"I'm sorry for spreading these lies, they aren't true and I did it from a place of ignorance"
No "I didn't mean to," no "I'm not racist, I'm mixed," and so on.
I agree with your analysis of her apology. I don't think I've ever considered what makes an apology sound genuine. I've always thought of it as a gut instinct. Thank you!
Do you think that the publicity from this statement, would make a second, more genuine attempt at an apology sound like attention seeking? I wonder what kind actions she could actually take to mitigate some of the damage she's caused. That's a rhetorical question, I think.
She needs to at least apologize believably.
The cat was also gay and a mixed breed, so unfortunately that cancels out.