The United States of America is at a crossroads, one that we have been at before. This is not the first time that we have battled a pandemic while experiencing an economic downturn, state sanctioned violence and racial terror against Blacks, the boiling over of racial tensions encouraged by the president of the United States, and a movement focused on forcing America to reckon with its endemic racism, anti-Blackness, and state-sanctioned violence against Blacks. This article provides a brief overview of that history and its striking parallel to what is happening today. It pushes White social workers to understand how they are beneficiaries of racism. It reminds social workers of their ethical obligation to be change agents. Finally, it provides basic suggestions for those who are willing to see their complicity and are still willing to work on dismantling the injustice that impacts Black people in America.

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黑人的生命很重要，是的，你是种族主义者：二十世纪和二十一世纪的平行关系

美利坚合众国正处于一个十字路口，这是我们以前一直处于的十字路口。这不是我们第一次在经历经济衰退、国家批准的针对黑人的暴力和种族恐怖、美国总统鼓励的种族紧张局势沸腾以及一场专注于迫使美国考虑到其地方性种族主义、反黑人和国家批准的针对黑人的暴力行为。本文简要概述了这段历史及其与今天发生的惊人相似之处。它促使白人社会工作者了解他们如何成为种族主义的受益者。它提醒社会工作者他们作为变革推动者的道德义务。最后，