SPLC president welcomes Biden's order advancing racial equity

[TexasTowelie]

President Joe Biden’s executive order detailing an ambitious “whole-of-government” approach to racial equity is welcomed news, said Margaret Huang, president and CEO of the Southern Poverty Law Center and SPLC Action Fund.

Huang, in a statement Thursday, said that on his first day in office, Biden reiterated his commitment to racial justice and to overturning systemic racism and the long-standing inequities in American society.

Biden signed his Executive Order On Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government after being sworn in on Wednesday. The order rescinded former President Donald Trump’s 1776 Commission, seen as an opportunistic rebuttal of The New York Times’s Pulitzer Prize-winning 1619 project, which aimed to teach American students about slavery and the impact of racism.

The order defines equity as:

“the consistent and systematic fair, just, and impartial treatment of all individuals, including individuals who belong to underserved communities that have been denied such treatment, such as Black, Latino, and Indigenous and Native American persons, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and other persons of color; members of religious minorities; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) persons; persons with disabilities; persons who live in rural areas; and persons otherwise adversely affected by persistent poverty or inequality.”

Read more: https://www.alreporter.com/2021/01/22/splc-president-welcomes-bidens-order-advancing-racial-equity/
(Alabama Political Reporter)