President Joe Biden will sign a series of executive orders Tuesday to promote racial equity: "The United States has never delivered on its founding promise of equality for all, but we have never stopped trying.
Today I will take action to advance racial equity.
and get closer to that union that we have always wanted, "he said this morning through the social network Twitter.
Racial equity is one of the
priority issues for the new Administration
.
Biden's promise is that all citizens have an equal opportunity to get ahead without racism being an obstacle.
"The President will take steps to advance a comprehensive equity agenda, carry out criminal justice reform, end
disparities in access to health care and education
, strengthen fair housing, and restore federal respect for the tribal sovereignty, among other actions, "explains the document of its immediate priorities published by the White House.
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Among the executive orders Biden will sign is the reinstatement of the Barack Obama-era policy on the transfer of military-type equipment to local police.
The establishment of measures to improve
conditions in prisons
and eliminate the use of private prisons.
Additionally, Biden will sign a memorandum directing the Department of Housing to take steps to
promote fair policy
.
It will also formally reject discrimination against the Asian American and Pacific Islander community that has occurred around the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Among the executive orders Biden signed last Wednesday, shortly after he was sworn in as president, was one that directed the federal government to "
take a comprehensive approach to promoting equity
for all, including people of color and others who have historically been neglected, marginalized and negatively affected by persistent poverty and inequality. "
Under the order, the White House Home Policy Council, led by Susan Rice, will be in charge of coordinating with various federal agencies, including the Office of Management and Budget, the advancement of racial equity proposals.
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Biden directed the Office of Management and Budget to assess "whether underserved communities face systemic barriers to
accessing the benefits
and opportunities available."
With information from
NBC News and CNN.