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"GENEVA (
AP) — A U.N.-backed panel of independent experts focusing on racial
discrimination says racist hate speech by U.S. President Donald Trump and other
American political leaders, along with a crackdown on immigration in the United
States, have led to “grave human rights violations.”
The Geneva-based Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination issued
its decision Wednesday and urged the U.S. to suspend immigration enforcement
operations at, and near, schools, hospitals, and faith-based institutions.
The decision, made under the committee's early warning protocol, is not legally
binding but seeks to hold a country — in this case, the U.S. — to its own
international commitments.
The committee said it also was “deeply disturbed” by the use of derogatory and
dehumanizing language around migrants, refugees and asylum seekers. Committee
members attributed a reported rise in racial discrimination to “racist hate
speech” targeting those groups but did not point to any specific data. Besides
speech, there is also concern about the impact of politicians and other public
figures weaponizing stereotypes to incite hate crimes and discrimination.
“Portraying them as criminals or as a burden, by politicians and influential
public figures at the highest level, particularly the President,” the committee
said in a news release, “may incite racial discrimination and hate crimes.”
Trump, as well as Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama, have been in office
when the U.N. condemned systemic racism, hate and discrimination. But the panel
this time specifically cited Trump’s speech as part of the problem. They did
not single out Biden or Obama for their rhetoric.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, along with U.S. Customs and Border
Protection also were singled out for racially profiling people of color and
conducting identity checks that often seemed arbitrary."
Via Lisa Stranger.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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