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Related: About this forumU.S. State Department invites U.N. racism investigators to visit U.S.
Source: Reuters
Tue, July 13, 2021, 9:57 PM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. State Department has invited U.N. experts who investigate racism and minority issues to conduct an official visit to the United States, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.
"Responsible nations must not shrink from scrutiny of their human rights record; rather, they should acknowledge it with the intent to improve," Blinken said in a statement.
"I urge all U.N. member states to join the United States in this effort, and confront the scourge of racism, racial discrimination, and xenophobia," he said.
Blinken said the United States welcomed the U.N. Human Rights Council's adoption on Tuesday of a resolution to address systemic racism against Africans and people of African descent in the context of law enforcement.
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NJCher
(35,422 posts)Very pleased to read this.
There was a manuscript published and posted here awhile back. Are the authors some of the people who will be visiting? Im guessing yes.
Backseat Driver
(4,333 posts)seem wide enough, considering Native Americans and Asians have also encountered racism and exploitation in this country and within the provinces of Canada that IMO seem to have extended well into hidden modern anecdotal histories. Currently, the Chinese have not been the only ones subjugating Constitutional rights and/or governmental permissions while instituting conditions in promotion of a policy of "assimilation or die" regarding POC and long-standing culture. If the USA is willing to be examined in this way, I do suppose it might give Joe more clout for the UN to take up other global incidents of disgustingly "bad behavior."
NJCher
(35,422 posts)to take that next step. Agreed that is a narrow focus, but on the other hand, the focus they are taking on is a big, very big problem.
It always helps to get other perspectives.
Something I learned a long time ago in a court case: did you know intelligence is also measured by how much a person gets additional perspectives?