UN Condemns 'High Level Politicians' For Poor Charlottesville Response

[DonViejo]

Source: Talking Points Memo



By NICOLE LAFOND Published AUGUST 23, 2017 9:24 AM

A United Nations committee is calling out the U.S. government, “high level politicians” and public officials and asking them to take a stronger stance against racism in America.

The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) issued a statement Wednesday asking the U.S. to “unequivocally and unconditionally reject and condemn racist hate speech and crimes in Charlottesville and throughout the country,” referencing the violence that broke out at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia earlier this month.

As part of the UN’s “early warning and early action” procedure, the committee issued a statement to denounce “racist white supremacist” ideas and ideologies.

“We are alarmed by the racist demonstrations, with overtly racist slogans, chants and salutes by white nationalists, neo-Nazis, and the Ku Klux Klan, promoting white supremacy and inciting racial discrimination and hatred,” CERD Chairperson Anastasia Crickley said in a statement.

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[Freedomofspeech]

1. This country is officially an international embarrassment.

[sandensea]

2. Just the GOP

Most people from other countries seem to understand that in general there's a big difference between the two parties.

[AlexSFCA]

3. most have no idea

and for years we've been told there is no difference between the two parties. As recently as the last election, I was repeteadly told that all the establishment is the same (pro-corporation and pro-wall street) and only bernie was different.

[sandensea]

4. Ironic, isn't it.

People from overseas, generally, seem to understand that better many voters right here at home - especially our fellow left-leaning voters, sadly.

[lunasun]

5. +1