The article in Time on July 9th 2020， “America’s Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism” mentions that centuries of racist policy， both explicit and implicit， have left black Americans in the dust，
The article in Time on July 9th 2020， “America’s Long Overdue Awakening to Systemic Racism” mentions that centuries of racist policy， both explicit and implicit， have left black Americans in the dust， physically， emotionally and economically. The U.S. may think it has brushed chattel slavery into the dustbin of history after the Civil War， but the country never did a very good job incinerating its traumatic remains， instead leaving embers that still burn today： an education system that fails black Americans， substandard health care that makes them more vulnerable to disease and death， and an economy that leaves millions without access to a living wage. Awakening can be painful. But in America， a reckoning is overdue.
最新一期的美國《时代》周刊题为《迟来的觉醒》的文章提到，几个世纪以来的种族主义政策，无论是显性的还是隐性的，都使得美国黑人在身体、情感和经济上陷入了困境。美国可能认为，它已经在南北战争后将奴隶制度扫进了历史的垃圾箱，但这个国家在清理奴隶制度遗留的“灰烬”这项工作上一直都没有做好，导致“死灰复燃”：优质的教育与美国黑人无缘；不合格的医疗保健使得美国黑人更容易生病和死亡；现行的经济制度之下，数百万美国黑人连维持基本生活的工资都无法获得。觉醒可能是痛苦的，但在美国，早该对种族歧视进行清算了。
