In a rare moment of bipartisanship, the House May 18 afternoon passed the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act, which mandates a review of hate crimes committed during the pandemic by the Justice Department âincluding expedited procedures for processing cases â and more resources for hate crimes reporting and assistance for victims of hate crimes.
The bill defines a COVID-19 hate crime as a violent crime that is motivated by two things: the actual or perceived characteristic of a person, including race, and the actual or perceived relationship to the spread of COVID-19 of any person because of that characteristic.
The bill would also encourage more reporting of incidents in multiple languages, and help make different communities feel more empowered to come forward and report hate incidents. It would also direct federal agencies to work with community-based organizations to raise awareness of hate crimes.
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May 06, 2021
Racial Justice Groups Rip CNN For Giving Cover To Rick Santorum s Racism CNN intrinsically ties itself to a blatantly racist commentator by going silent after his comments about Native Americans, say the groups.
National civil rights and racial justice organizations laid into CNN on Thursday for going silent in response to senior political commentator Rick Santorum’s racist and inaccurate comments about Native Americans.
Santorum, a former Republican senator and presidential candidate, sparked outrage last week after claiming that there was “nothing” in America before white colonizers arrived and that Native American people haven’t contributed much to American culture, anyway.
Juliet K. Choi, president and CEO of the
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum, released the following statement: In their first 100 days in office, President
Joe Biden and Vice President
Kamala Harris have reversed an inventory of harmful policies against Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders; extended and strengthened the Affordable Care Act; and invested in hard working families and communities of color with the American Rescue Plan, which notably includes a
$10 billion investment to expand COVID-19 vaccines for communities of color and underserved populations. We are thankful for
President Biden and Vice President Harris decisive and thoughtful leadership to guide our nation through this devasting pandemic. We are encouraged by their commitment and invitation to work through consensus, urging
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