"The efforts by elected leaders to overturn the election result and the Jan. 6 attempted coup were not isolated incidents, but part of a long American project to uphold white supremacy and silence the voices, votes and power of Black communities and other communities of color."
On this Inauguration Day, @ACLUBeyea writes, we can't simply be satisfied with the transition of power. We can't move on without reckoning and accountability.https://bangordailynews.com/2021/01/20/opinion/contributors/this-inauguration-day-we-must-recommit-to-our-countrys-promise-of-justice-and-equality/ …
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"Unless we stop negotiating with white supremacy...and confront it head on, we will never be able to extend this country’s promises of equality, liberty and justice to all Americans. We will be doomed to repeat our past."
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"Let this be the moment where we choose to live up to the promises of our Constitution: The promise of equal protection, the promise of justice, the promise of forming a more perfect union. Let this be an Inauguration Day when we renew our commitment to that work."
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