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Eugene

(61,855 posts) Wed Jul 14, 2021, 01:30 AM Jul 2021

U.S. State Department invites U.N. racism investigators to visit U.S.

Source: Reuters

U.S. State Department invites U.N. racism investigators to visit U.S.

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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U.S. State Department invites U.N. racism investigators to visit U.S. (Original Post) Eugene Jul 2021 OP

This is big! NJCher Jul 2021 #1

Yes, good to hear, though the scope of UN expert observers/investigators doesn't Backseat Driver Jul 2021 #2

might make it easier NJCher Jul 2021 #3

NJCher

(35,648 posts)

1. This is big!

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 02:08 AM

Jul 2021

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? I’m guessing yes.

Backseat Driver

(4,385 posts)

2. Yes, good to hear, though the scope of UN expert observers/investigators doesn't

Reply to NJCher (Reply #1)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 03:20 AM

Jul 2021

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

(35,648 posts)

3. might make it easier

Reply to Backseat Driver (Reply #2)

Wed Jul 14, 2021, 09:28 AM

Jul 2021

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?

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