Well, don't be so hard on yourself. Keyes is just a politician and this reparations proposal is just an idea he had.
What would it take to win you back? How about if he said that now that he's heard from many of his supporters, listened to their thoughts, and has had a chance to think about it some more, he's convinced that it's the wrong approach?
Well, first thing, he'd have to come down from whatever it is he's smoking.
After that point is reached, we can discuss where we go from there. I'm a "once burned, twice shy" kinda guy, after all.