'I feel shame that they did it': County Executive apologizes for family's role in slavery

'I feel shame that they did it': County Executive apologizes for family's role in slavery

Does an apology actually mean anything?That's a question Anne Arundel County Executive Steuart Pittman had to wrestle with after discovering his family's history with slavery.The County Executive issued an apology on behalf of the Anne Arundel County Government for its role in the institution of slavery."I didn't want to do something that didn't mean anything, that was performative, just trying to check some box somewhere," Pittman said when ask…