It’s really not, though; it’s just the proverbial relief crew in a later inning of the same ball game. The players have been shuffled around or replaced, but look at the tenures of some of the players in question and you can draw a pretty direct line all the way back.

It’s not minimizing or trivializing the harms of today by pointing out their origins in the past; rather, it’s acknowledging this has been a long-term goal of those in power for decades, and it’ll take decades of continued, organized change to improve things.

There are no easy solutions or quick wins here. It’s a long game, always has been and always will be. More people need to understand that