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America’s racial awakening has brought about a number of positive changes or at least earnest attempts at bringing change. The spotlight on systemic racism in policing, for example, appears to have lawmakers (mostly Democratic, but still) taking police reform more seriously than ever before. But when it comes to racial injustice and inequality, police brutality is hardly the only issue structural racism isn’t a single-issue thing because the fact is that Black people’s entire American history is tied to our present state of inequality. That’s why it warms the heart to see lawmakers takingthe discussion around reparations seriously.