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Friend,
Yesterday, NAACP leaders met with President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice
President-Elect Kamala Harris, and this is what we urged them to do:
The Biden
administration must create a new position—National Advisor to the President
on Racial Justice, Equity and Advancement.
The structural inequality that is rooted deep within our society must be
addressed, and after four years of regression on social, civil, and
political matters that profoundly impact the American people, specifically,
Black people, we must prioritize the transformation of our nation into a
more just, equal society in which all Americans can succeed and thrive.
The creation of a National Advisor to the President on Racial Justice,
Equity, and Advancement is a bold action that has the potential to yield
significant results on behalf of millions of Americans.
This cabinet-level position would be charged with centralizing bold,
visionary thinking and strategy on racial justice within the White House
and fostering holistic measures throughout government to tackle the
pervasive problem of systemic racism. The Advisor would report directly to
President Biden with an office fully resourced and staffed to accomplish
its mission.
We can no longer afford to address systemic inequity exclusively through
the civil rights offices of each agency. Our structural inequality goes
much deeper than that, and now is the time for bold solutions.
The strong and early commitment by the Biden administration to elevate
racial justice as a top priority has sent a powerful message about its
importance and centrality within this administration. Now, we’re asking
them to put actions to words, and appoint a National Advisor to the
President on Racial Justice, Equity, and Advancement.
Fighting Forward,
Derrick Johnson
@DerrickNAACP
President and CEO
NAACP
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