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Holding U.S. Accountable
for Racial Discrimination
*
Realities collide with commitments
R ev . E lizabeth L eung
A U n ite d N a tio n s
co m m ittee recently p u b ­
lished its concluding o b ­
servations regarding the
U nited S ta te s’ co m p li­
an ce w ith the In te rn a ­
tional C onvention on the
Elim ination o f All Form s
o f Racial D iscrim ination,
com m only know n as the
race convention.
Since the U .S. ratified it in 1994,
m aking the treaty b in d in g in all 50
states, this is only the second tim e
that o u r record on race relations and
discrim ination has been exam ined
according to the m easures o f inter­
national law.
T h e c o n c lu d in g o b s e rv a tio n s
w ere the resu lt o f a yearlo n g p ro ­
cess that began w ith the State D e­
partm ent report on the state o f racial
ju stic e and shadow reports from
n o n-governm ental civic o rg an iza­
tions.
T he process cu lm in ated w ith a
form al review in A ugust and a w eek ­
long hearing o f statem ents in G eneva
- w hile at the sam e tim e the shoot-
by the
to d is c rim in a te a g a in s t an d d is ­
p ro p o rtio n a te ly im p a c t p e o p le o f
ing o f M ichael B row n, the m ilita­ c o lo r an d in d ig e n o u s c o m m u n i­
rized response o f law tie s .”
e n fo rc em en t, an d the
It sh ed s lig h t o n th e stru c tu re s
A - *
F erguson protests w ere o f ra c ism - th e w ays in w h ich in s ti­
still unfolding.
tu tio n a liz e d d is c rim in a tio n b e ­
T h e U .N . co m m ittee c o m e s c o n sid e re d n o rm a l, fo r e x ­
heard from the high level a m p le , w h e re law s d o n ’t seem to
U .S. gov ern m en t d el­ h a v e a n y th in g to d o w ith ra c e , b u t
e g a tio n , n o n -g o v e rn ­ y e t h a v e a b ro a d d is c rim in a to ry
m e n tal o rg a n iz atio n s, im pact.
im p acted persons (e.g.
A g a in s t th e s tr u c tu r a l ro o t
the parents o f T ray v o n M artin
and
c a u se
s o f d isc rim in a tio n , the U .N .
Jordan D avis), and Indigenous p er­ c o m m itte e calls fo r th e U .S. to take
sons organizations.
c o n c re te step s to: (a) p ro h ib it ra ­
A s a h u m a n rig h ts tre a ty , the c ia l d is c rim in a tio n in all its fo rm s
race c o n v e n tio n d iffe rs fro m the in fe d e ra l a n d state le g isla tio n ,
c iv il rig h ts s ta tu te s b e c a u se (1 ) it c o v e rin g all fie ld s o f law an d p u b ­
a p p lie s to g o v e rn m e n t at all le v ­ lic life ; (b ) b ro a d e n the p ro te c tio n
els: fe d e ra l, s ta te an d lo c a l; (2 ) it a ffo rd e d by law a g a in s t all d is ­
p ro h ib its p o lic ie s an d p ra c tic e s c rim in a to ry acts p e rp e tra te d by
th at h a v e a d is c rim in a to ry im p a c t p riv a te in d iv id u a ls, g ro u p s o r o r ­
on p e o p le o f c o lo r, irre le v a n t o f g a n iz a tio n s ; an d (c ) im p ro v e the
in te n t; (3 ) it o b lig a te s the c o u n try s y s te m o f m o n ito r in g a n d r e ­
to ta k e a ctio n .
sp o n se by fe d e ral b o d ie s to p re ­
A c c o rd in g to th e A m e ric a n v e n t an d c h a lle n g e situ a tio n s o f
C ivil L ib erties U nion, the c o n c lu d ­ ra c ia l d isc rim in a tio n .
in g o b s e rv a tio n s " h ig h lig h te d th e
It re c o m m e n d s c re a tin g a p e r­
g ap s b e tw e e n U .S. stated c o m m it­ m a n e n t a n d e ffe c tiv e n a tio n a l
m e n ts a n d th e g la rin g re a lity o f h u m a n rig h ts in s titu tio n , to e n ­
law s a n d p ra c tic e s th a t c o n tin u e su re e ffe c tiv e im p le m e n ta tio n o f
J
th e tre a ty at th e fe d e ra l, s ta te an d
lo c al le v e ls, m o n ito r c o m p lia n c e
o f d o m e stic law s a n d p o lic ie s, and
c arry o u t tra in in g an d a w a re n e s s ­
ra is in g a c tiv itie s at all le v e ls.
T h e s tru g g le a g a in s t th e s tru c ­
tu re s o f ra c ism re q u ire s a s tru c ­
tu ral s tra te g y . T h e U .S . H u m a n
R ig h ts N e tw o rk rig h tly c a lls fo r
th e U .S . g o v e rn m e n t to a d o p t a
N a tio n a l P lan o f A c tio n on R ac ia l
J u stic e . It is im p o rta n t fo r all to
jo in in th is c a ll, fo r to e lim in a te all
fo rm s o f ra c ia l d is c rim in a tio n to ­
d ay , w e m u st g o b e y o n d a d d re s s ­
ing th e sin o f in d iv id u a l a c ts o f
d isc rim in a tio n to a p la ce o f u n d e r­
s ta n d in g th e p o lic ie s , sy ste m s ,
and c u ltu ra l h a b its th a t p e rp e tu ­
ate ra c ism .
T o b o rro w fro m th e w isd o m o f
C h ris tia n S c rip tu re s , w hat w e are
fa c in g is a c o n te m p o ra ry stru g g le
a g a in st th e "co sm ic [stru c tu re s]
o f th is p r e s e n t d a rk n e s s "
(E p h e sia n s 6 :1 2 ). T h e w o rld is
c a llin g us to a c c o u n ta b ility . N o w
is th e tim e to act.
Elizabeth Leung is Minister for
Racial Justice fo r the United
Church o f Christ's Justice and Wit­
ness Ministries.