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Yesterday, Githu Muigai, the U.N. expert on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and other related forms of intolerance presented his on contemporary forms of racism . As you may remember, the former Special Rapporteur on racism was invited by the Bush administration State Department to tour the U.S. last year as part of a fact-finding mission and the Rapporteur issued his report in April.

This is the first session of the UNHRC in which the U.S. is participating as a member. After the Special Rapporteur鈥檚 presentation yesterday, the U.S. government had the opportunity to to his report. The U.S. praised the report鈥檚 findings, saying this nation 鈥渁ppreciates the Special Rapporteur鈥檚 report and its constructive spirit.鈥�

So what did the Rapporteur have to say about the United States?

"Racism and racial discrimination have profoundly and lastingly marked and structured American society. The U.S. has made decisive progress... However, the historical, cultural and human depth of racism still permeates all dimensions of life and American society."

We couldn鈥檛 agree more!

Chandra Bhatnagar, staff attorney with the 老澳门开奖结果 Human Rights Program, . Chandra spoke of how the Special Rapporteur on racism鈥檚 findings provided a 鈥渞eal roadmap forward鈥� for the United States to address racism.

Learn more about our work with the Special Rapporteur on Racism.