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People need to stop using the present to excuse and ignore past injustices

By: Madeleine Chan, Staff Writer Catastrophic wildfires in Australia, a global pandemic, and worldwide anti-racism protests, amongst other impactful events, all equal a 2020 that never seems to end. At least, that’s what people keep saying. In reality, these types of tragedies and injustices happen every year and we need to stop expecting a “woke” badge of honour for thinking that this is anything new, just because they happen to be impacting our privileged ways of living. Yes, there have been many recent global occurrences that may seem so life-shattering to individuals who haven’t experienced them before, but there are also…

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