Posted on 01/29/2021 7:07:19 AM PST by Pikachu_Dad
Memorandum Condemning and Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the United States
JANUARY 26, 2021 • PRESIDENTIAL ACTIONS
Advancing inclusion and belonging for people of all races, national origins, and ethnicities is critical to guaranteeing the safety and security of the American people. During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, inflammatory and xenophobic rhetoric has put Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) persons, families, communities, and businesses at risk.
The Federal Government must recognize that it has played a role in furthering these xenophobic sentiments through the actions of political leaders, including references to the COVID-19 pandemic by the geographic location of its origin. Such statements have stoked unfounded fears and perpetuated stigma about Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and have contributed to increasing rates of bullying, harassment, and hate crimes against AAPI persons. These actions defied the best practices and guidelines of public health officials and have caused significant harm to AAPI families and communities that must be addressed.
Despite these increasing acts of intolerance, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have made our Nation more secure during the COVID-19 pandemic and throughout our history. An estimated 2 million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have served on the front lines of this crisis as healthcare providers, as first responders, and in other essential roles. The Federal Government should combat racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and should work to ensure that all members of AAPI communities — no matter their background, the language they speak, or their religious beliefs — are treated with dignity and equity.
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered as follows:
Section 1. Condemning Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. The Federal Government has a responsibility to prevent racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against everyone in America, including Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. My Administration condemns and denounces acts of racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against AAPI communities.
Sec. 2. Combating Racism, Xenophobia, and Intolerance Against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. (a) The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, in coordination with the COVID-19 Health Equity Task Force, consider issuing guidance describing best practices for advancing cultural competency, language access, and sensitivity towards Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in the context of the Federal Government’s COVID-19 response. In developing any such guidance, the Secretary should consider the best practices set forth by public health organizations and experts for mitigating racially discriminatory language in describing the COVID-19 pandemic.
(b) Executive departments and agencies (agencies) shall take all appropriate steps to ensure that official actions, documents, and statements, including those that pertain to the COVID-19 pandemic, do not exhibit or contribute to racism, xenophobia, and intolerance against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. Agencies may consult with public health experts, AAPI community leaders, or AAPI community-serving organizations, or may refer to any best practices issued pursuant to subsection (a) of this section, to ensure an understanding of the needs and challenges faced by AAPI communities.
(c) The Attorney General shall explore opportunities to support, consistent with applicable law, the efforts of State and local agencies, as well as AAPI communities and community-based organizations, to prevent discrimination, bullying, harassment, and hate crimes against AAPI individuals, and to expand collection of data and public reporting regarding hate incidents against such individuals.
Sec. 3. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this memorandum shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:
(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or
(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.
(b) This memorandum shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.
(c) Independent agencies are strongly encouraged to comply with the provisions of this memorandum.
(d) This memorandum is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.
(e) The Secretary of Health and Human Services is authorized and directed to publish this memorandum in the Federal Register.
JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR.
---- "Advancing inclusion"
"and (advancing) belonging"
"for people of all races, national origins, and ethnicities"
"is critical"
"to guaranteeing the safety and security"
"of the American people."
How do the democrats square this claim with their increasingly strident and anti-American statements against 70plus million Americans?
What about hillbillies? Sodbusters?
“During the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic,”
“inflammatory (rhetoric) and”
“xenophobic rhetoric”
“has put Asian American (persons)”
“and Pacific Islander (persons)”
“(AAPI)
persons,
families,
communities, and
businesses”
“at risk.”
What ‘inflammatory rhetoric’?
What ‘xenophobic rhetoric’?
What persons were put at risk?
What families were put at risk?
What communities were put at risk?
What businesses were put at risk?
It seems that they are conflating two groups with no commonality.
“Asian Americans” and “Pacific Islanders”
Furthermore, “Asian Americans” is a very wide group, comprised of Chinese, Vietnamese, Koreans, etc.
Sooooo...
Are the going to go after colleges and universities that exclude Asians because they score too highly on standardized tests and take slots they want to give to blacks?
This sounds like a very good idea!
Aren’t they “East Asians”?
We’ve always been at war with East Asia.
“The Federal Government”
“must recognize”
“that it has played a role”
“in furthering”
“these xenophobic sentiments”
“through the actions of political leaders,”
“including references”
“to the COVID-19 pandemic”
“by the geographic location”
“of its origin.”
What ‘xenophobic sentiments’?
What ‘political leaders’?
The can’t even say the location of the ‘geographic location of its origin’ ?
reference document:
“Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it”
https://www.who.int/emergencies/diseases/novel-coronavirus-2019/technical-guidance/naming-the-coronavirus-disease-(covid-2019)-and-the-virus-that-causes-it
The virus is
“severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)”
The WHO chose to give the disease a different name from the virus - for political reasons.
“ICTV announced “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” as the name of the new virus on 11 February 2020. This name was chosen because the virus is genetically related to the coronavirus responsible for the SARS outbreak of 2003. While related, the two viruses are different.”
Note: ICTV is “International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses”
“Naming the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) and the virus that causes it
Official names have been announced for the virus responsible for COVID-19 (previously known as “2019 novel coronavirus”) and the disease it causes. The official names are:
Disease
coronavirus disease
(COVID-19)
Virus
severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2
(SARS-CoV-2)
Why do the virus and the disease have different names?
Viruses, and the diseases they cause, often have different names. For example, HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. People often know the name of a disease, but not the name of the virus that causes it.
There are different processes, and purposes, for naming viruses and diseases.
Viruses are named based on their genetic structure to facilitate the development of diagnostic tests, vaccines and medicines. Virologists and the wider scientific community do this work, so viruses are named by the International Committee on Taxonomy of Viruses (ICTV).
Diseases are named to enable discussion on disease prevention, spread, transmissibility, severity and treatment. Human disease preparedness and response is WHO’s role, so diseases are officially named by WHO in the International Classification of Diseases (ICD).
ICTV announced “severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2)” as the name of the new virus on 11 February 2020. This name was chosen because the virus is genetically related to the coronavirus responsible for the SARS outbreak of 2003. While related, the two viruses are different.
WHO announced “COVID-19” as the name of this new disease on 11 February 2020, following guidelines previously developed with the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
WHO Director-General’s remarks at the media on 11 February 2020
WHO Situation Report on 11 February 2020
WHO and ICTV were in communication about the naming of both the virus and the disease.
What name does WHO use for the virus?
From a risk communications perspective, using the name SARS can have unintended consequences in terms of creating unnecessary fear for some populations, especially in Asia which was worst affected by the SARS outbreak in 2003.
For that reason and others, WHO has begun referring to the virus as “the virus responsible for COVID-19” or “the COVID-19 virus” when communicating with the public. Neither of these designations are intended as replacements for the official name of the virus as agreed by the ICTV.
Material published before the virus was officially named will not be updated unless necessary in order to avoid confusion.”
Right, but they are calling varients by their country of origin.
the “U.K. variant” is xenophobic against the UK.
Better question. Does this mean Asians will be 40% of Harvard etc as the quota system - in name or in effect - will be ended?
Are they going to do anything about colleges with racial quotas that discriminate against Asian Americans?
The only Asian American intolerance I’m aware of is against Andy Ngo. In his case it’s been repeat incidents of physical violence.
Is this what you’re referring to, Mr Biden?
He has nothing to say that I consider worthy of listening to.
Being against having more Indian H1B’s will now be a hate crime.
Excellent point. We need an action team reporting in complaints for each and every violation by these {redacted}.
Asians are routinely discriminated against when it comes to college admission in the U.S.
Our puppet government has just been instructed to quit expelling Chinese spies from the US. That’s all I see here.
The major segment of the U.S. that demonstrates racist, etc.., behavior against Americans of Asian descent are the universities...
They are run by the same communists who have now issued this memorandum...
Guess we can expect to see thousands of the ruling communists arrested and thrown in jail...
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