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What We're Waiting For

I've been waiting for this for a few years now. Waiting for a change. Waiting for a new chapter. Waiting for a future to believe in. I've been waiting for hope - hope in our country. Hope in democracy. Hope to restore us to where we were. As if the last few years hadn't happened. As if it were just a dream - a bad dream. As if it were just an aberration. An election will solve everything, right?  But November isn't what we're waiting for. November is a call to action; a conviction of our civic duty. But we're waiting for much more than that, because the last few years weren't just an aberration. We're waiting for systems to no longer reward sin and greed, but to punish those that corrupt power. We're waiting for white supremacy to come to its knees. An election won't dismantle centuries of white supremacy; it won't change the racist hearts and cultures, nor centuries of racist structures. We're waiting for our fellow believers to finally ...