Kamala Devi Harris, Remarks by Vice President Harris on the Verdict in the Derek Chauvin Trial for the Death of George… (2021)
“ Black Americans — and Black men, in particular — have been treated, throughout the course of our history, as less than human.Black men are fathers and brothers and sons and uncles and grandfathers and friends and neighbors. Their lives must be valued in our education system, in our healthcare system, in our housing system, in our economic system, in our criminal justice system, in our nation. Full stop.Because of smartphones, so many Americans have now seen the racial injustice that Black Americans have known for generations — the racial injustice that we have fought for generations ”
