How about ensuring equal education opportunity and a good education? One BLM activist was interviewed a few weeks back on the subject and their point, which I thought was a pretty good one because it ensures the ability to level the economic playing field, was that you don't just come out of hundreds of years of oppression and throw a book at someone and expect them to learn. You have to give those people the same educators and opportunities as the rest of the country.

I think this ties into ubiquitous, free (as in freedom) internet access. States and communities building out their own fiber networks. Ensuring that institutions are using appropriate educational materials - perhaps even going as far as bolstering the existing (open education resource)[https://www.oercommons.org/] community. Resources like these can work to eliminate a lot of unnecessary costs to communities.

I think that's just part of what's needed to begin scratching the surface, it's not a panacea. But ease of access to education, without a massive financial hurdle (communities deploying gigabit fiber-to-the-home charge about 40% of what conglomerate ISPs charge, at least here in Oregon) is going to be a major step. I was looking at statistics the other week and it showed that most people cna only afford a smartphone as their gateway to the internet - and that conjures up horror for me. Most peoples access to information comes in the form of facebook and twitter when it's on a smartphone - not sites that have no interest in trying to learn who you are and sell you products (or other things) - or just as bad, reddit.

Another thing would be banning the use of mandatory minimum sentences. It's a travesty to civil rights and an affront to the American judicial system.