Message from President Joe Biden Honoring Black History Month 2022
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Black History Month is more than a celebration. It’s a powerful reminder that Black history is American history. Black culture is American culture. Black stories are essential to the ongoing story of America.文章源自英文巴士-https://www.en84.com/13042.html
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Shining a light on Black history is as important to understanding ourselves and growing stronger as a nation as it has ever been. And it’s critical – so it’s critical that we take the time to celebrate the contributions of Black Americans, honor the legacy of generations past, reckon with centuries of injustice, and confront injustice that still festers today.文章源自英文巴士-https://www.en84.com/13042.html
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You know, since taking office, Vice President Harris and I have been proud to build a government that looks like America, with trailblazing Black leaders in my cabinet and distinguished Black Americans serving in roles all across our administration. Very soon, I’ll be honored to nominate the first Black woman in American history to serve on the United States Supreme Court.文章源自英文巴士-https://www.en84.com/13042.html
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At the same time, we’ve worked hard to reverse decades of underinvestment in Black communities: from vaccine shots in arms, to checks in pockets, to tax cuts for working families with children, to landmark investment of $5.8 billion in Historically Black Colleges and Universities.文章源自英文巴士-https://www.en84.com/13042.html
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Last year, we reduced poverty among Black Americans by an estimated 34 percent. We cut Black child poverty in half, and helped more people gain health insurance through the Affordable Care Act than any year in history.文章源自英文巴士-https://www.en84.com/13042.html
And now we’re doing more: removing lead service lines that have contaminated water for too many homes and schools, delivering high-speed internet to every community so no family is left behind, and making historic investments in transportation, helping people get to good jobs quickly and safely, remediating environmental injustice that have hit Black communities the hardest, delivering major investments to Black entrepreneurs and small businesses to get the capital they need to grow, and doing everything we can to make the community safer and more prosperous.
We’re also working tirelessly to deliver on my Build Back Better agenda, bringing down the cost of childcare, housing, prescription drugs and so much more without raising taxes on anybody making less than $400,000 a year. And we’re not going to rest until we protect the foundation of our democracy – the sacred right to vote.
As we celebrate Black History Month, let’s carry forward the work of our lives together, to dismantle systematic racism in every part of our society, to fight for dignity, and to fulfill America’s promise for everyone – for everyone.
