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There鈥檚 doing good. And then there鈥檚 making good.

The first can be about altruism, or about reputation management. The second can be a heavier lift. It requires acknowledgment of an old injustice and a will to redress it.

That fights a human tendency to want to leave the past behind, and it tends to carry some cost even for those who weren鈥檛 a party to the problem.

Democrats eyeing 2020 presidential runs are ,聽including subsidies and other tax credits, to the idea of monetarily compensating African-Americans for slavery鈥檚 brutal legacy.

Other bids to shift thought come with the power and agility of celebrity. Jon Stewart, for example, has taken up a fight to get 9/11 first responders compensated for health problems attributed to their heroic work. 鈥淭he fact that we continue to need to do this,鈥� , 鈥渋s beyond my comprehension.鈥�

And still others are acting from a sense of knowing that reparation can come with a focus on what can be gained rather on what must be given up.

Septuagenarian Florence Schlonger represents the fifth generation of her family to occupy a 320-acre Kansas farm. When it came time to leave, , she reflected on this: The original prairie homestead stood on the hunting grounds of the Kaw Nation.聽

So when the property sold, she cut a $10,000 check 鈥� gratefully received 鈥� to an organization dedicated to preserving Kaw heritage. She called it 鈥渁 small acknowledgement 鈥� that the pride in our farm passed down through our family came at a great cost to your people.鈥�

That act, Ms. Schlonger says, was 鈥渁 privilege.鈥�

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