DEBATE THREAD #2

[Celerity]

179. he has very detailed, bold ideas on helping end systemic damages from hundreds of years of racial

discrimination and the legacy of the brutality, death, and unequal outcomes that flow even today from echoes and vestiges emanating still from the odious institution of slavery and its postscripts such as the era of Jim Crow, etc.



https://peteforamerica.com/policies/douglass-plan/

The decisions we make in the next four years will determine America’s path for the next forty. And a great deal of the progress we make–on everything from increasing economic freedom to confronting climate disruption–will depend on whether we tackle racial inequality in our lifetime. For all our country’s forward movement, Black people in America are still disproportionately excluded from systems of social protection, economic uplift, and representative democracy while facing shorter lifespans, lower educational attainment ,and dramatic overcriminalization and incarceration compared to their white counterparts.

a tonne more at that link

including

Introduction
Health Equity and Justice
Schools of the Future
Promotion of the Education and Celebration of Black History
Criminal Justice Reform
Equal Employment and Business Opportunity
The Community Homestead Act
Public Health, Infrastructure, and Environmental Justice
Voting Rights and Money in Politics
DC Statehood and Electoral College
Fair and Equal Political Representation