For the last 50 years, ADOS have watched nationally elected Democrats make and break promises time and time again — all while Black America confronts neglected schools, deteriorating houses, lack of medical resources, total absence of economic inclusion, and failed punitive policies like the War on Drugs. Beyond appointments, there’s a bigger issue Biden needs to address: reparations as the only remedy for the immeasurable damage caused by 246 years of chattel slavery, a century of accrued disadvantage via Jim Crow schemes, and sustained disinvestment in ADOS communities. Meanwhile, Biden can create an Office of ADOS Affairs within the executive branch to begin the process of specifically targeted redress to ADOS communities nationwide.