{"id":1029576,"date":"2024-02-12T17:56:30","date_gmt":"2024-02-12T17:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/?p=1029576"},"modified":"2024-05-20T03:14:27","modified_gmt":"2024-05-20T03:14:27","slug":"promises-made-promises-kept-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-are-fighting-to-level-the-playing-field-for-black-americans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/promises-made-promises-kept-president-biden-and-vice-president-harris-are-fighting-to-level-the-playing-field-for-black-americans\/","title":{"rendered":"Promises Made, Promises Kept: President Biden and Vice President Harris are Fighting To Level the Playing Field for Black Americans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"341\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?w=1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1031397\" srcset=\"https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png 1500w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=300,100 300w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=768,256 768w, https:\/\/democrats.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/War-Room-Master-Image.png?resize=1024,341 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In celebration of Black History Month, we\u2019re highlighting the ways that President Biden and Vice President Harris have kept their promise to Black communities and delivered for them \u2013 investing in Black students, supporting Black-owned small businesses, and appointing a historic number of Black judges to the federal bench.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika released the following statement:&nbsp;<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Biden and Vice President Harris are keeping their promise to invest in Black communities across America \u2013 investing billions into HBCUs, fighting to double the maximum Pell Grant and lower student loan debt for Black students, overseeing record growth in Black-owned small businesses, and appointing a historic number of Black judges to the federal bench. Across the board, President Biden and Vice President Harris are working to ensure all Americans, including Black Americans, can live their American dream. Donald Trump, meanwhile, is only fighting for himself and his ultra-wealthy donors, as he tried to slash funding for HBCUs, turned back the clock on diversity on the federal bench, and left Black families drowning in student debt with no solutions to the crisis. Voters know only one candidate is going to invest in Black communities, and that\u2019s President Joe Biden.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Biden-Harris administration has already invested over $7 billion in HBCUs and their new budget provides a tuition subsidy for qualifying students attending HBCUs.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/news\/press-releases\/fact-sheet-biden-harris-administration-highlights-record-championing-historically-black-colleges-and-universities-hbcus\">White House Fact Sheet<\/a>: \u201cInvesting over $7 billion in HBCUs, which includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>$3.6 billion for HBCUs through the American Rescue Plan and other COVID relief.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$1.6 billion in capital finance debt relief for 45 public and private HBCUs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>$1.7 billion in grant funding to expand academic capacity and provide support for low-income students.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2024\/02\/06\/fact-sheet-the-biden-%E2%81%A0harris-administration-advances-equity-and-opportunity-for-black-americans-and-communities-across-the-country-2\/#:~:text=Championed%20the%20largest%20increase%20to,who%20rely%20on%20Pell%20grants.\">White House Fact Sheet<\/a>: \u201cChampioned the largest increase to Pell Grants in the last decade\u2014a combined increase of $900 to the maximum award over the past two years, affecting the over 60% of Black undergraduates who rely on Pell grants.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2023\/06\/30\/white-house-biden-student-loan-forgiveness-racial-wealth-gap\/\">TheGrio<\/a>: \u201cPresident Biden\u2019s policies have been intentional to drive equity in education, including investing in HBCUs, increasing Pell Grants and improving the income-based repayment program. \u2018We\u2019ve made this much more affordable to student borrowers, and that, again, disproportionately will help Black debtors,\u2019 said [chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors Jared] Bernstein.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2022\/04\/03\/college-affordability-biden-budget-would-double-pell-grant-2029\/7210140001\/\">USA Today<\/a>: \u201cCollege affordability: Biden budget would double Pell Grant by 2029\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/thegrio.com\/2023\/11\/03\/biden-harris-campaign-touts-billions-more-for-hbcus-in-new-ad\/\">TheGrio<\/a>: \u201cBiden-Harris campaign touts &#8216;billions more for HBCUs&#8217; in new ad\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump promised to \u201csave Black institutions\u201d but his budget would have slashed millions from federal funding, at the detriment of low-income students at historically Black colleges.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.motherjones.com\/politics\/2017\/06\/historically-black-colleges-universities-hbcu-trump\/\">Mother Jones<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Trump not only proposed no new funding for HBCUs, but also called for slashing millions <\/strong>of dollars from federal programs that support degree programs at the schools.\u201d<strong><br><\/strong><br>\u201cTaken together, these cuts would<strong> disproportionately affect low-income students at black colleges and cost the schools millions<\/strong> in revenue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2020\/11\/01\/trump-black-americans-policies-433744\">Politico<\/a>: \u201cIn January, Trump baffled HBCU leaders when he claimed he saved their institutions by signing bipartisan legislation that included annual funding for historically Black colleges and universities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe bill is a 10-year renewal of funding. During Obama\u2019s eight years in office, mandatory HBCU funding ranged from almost $80 million to $85 million per year. The same has been true during Trump\u2019s administration.\u201d<br>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biden has vowed to create a court that looks like America, and he delivered \u2013 his judicial appointees, including the first Black female Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson \u2013 are the most diverse of any U.S. president.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/2022\/02\/25\/seeking-court-that-looks-like-america-biden-picks-ketanji-brown-jackson\/\">Roll Call<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Seeking court that looks \u2018like America,\u2019 Biden picks Ketanji Brown Jackson\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/meet-the-first-black-women-federal-judges-in-south-carolina-and-indiana\/\">Black Enterprise<\/a>: \u201cMeet The History-Making Black Women Federal Judges In South Carolina And Indiana\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/19thnews.org\/2023\/01\/biden-reshaping-federal-judiciary-appointments\/\">The 19th<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Two years in, Biden has prioritized nominating women of color as judges\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cHe fulfilled that commitment in June when Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson became the first Black woman to sit on the U.S. Supreme Court. While Jackson\u2019s historic confirmation was the most visible sign of systemic change in the judiciary, the president has prioritized diversity throughout the federal court system. <strong>Biden\u2019s judicial appointees are the most diverse of any U.S. president to date in terms of race, gender and professional background.\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/opinion\/judiciary\/4461428-president-biden-deserves-a-well-earned-victory-lap-on-judges\/\">The Hill<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Right now, more than one-third of all Black women federal judges in U.S. history have been nominated by Biden.\u202f<\/strong>At the appellate court level, President Biden has named more Black women to the circuit courts (13) than all of his predecessors combined (eight).\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump\u2019s judicial appointments worsened racial diversity.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.brennancenter.org\/our-work\/analysis-opinion\/trump-and-mcconnells-overwhelmingly-white-male-judicial-appointments\">Brennan Center<\/a>: \u201cTrump and McConnell\u2019s Overwhelmingly White Male Judicial Appointments\u201d<strong><br><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/trump-federal-judge-appointments-racial-diversity-2021-4\">Business Insider<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Trump&#8217;s judicial appointments worsened racial diversity in the federal courts\u201d<\/strong><br><br>\u201cIn just four years, Trump placed 234 judges with lifetime tenure to the federal courts, making up 28% of the current federal judiciary. <strong>An overwhelming number \u2014 192 \u2014 of Trump&#8217;s active appointments are white, while only 37 of them are people of color.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>President Biden has delivered voting rights wins for Black voters in an effort to restore the protections that the Trump administration wreaked havoc on.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/2021\/03\/07\/biden-sign-order-promoting-voter-access-marking-selma-anniversary\/4612970001\/\">USA Today<\/a>: \u201c&#8217;Let the people vote&#8217;: Biden signs executive order promoting voter access, marking anniversary of Selma march\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2021\/03\/07\/politics\/voting-access-executive-order\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>: \u201cPresident Joe Biden signed an executive order Sunday expanding voting access in what the White House calls \u2018an initial step\u2019 in its efforts to \u2018protect the right to vote and ensure all eligible citizens can freely participate in the electoral process.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe move comes as Republicans in statehouses around the country work to advance voter suppression legislation, including a bill in Georgia that voting rights groups say targets Black voters.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Donald Trump attempted to roll back voting rights legislation at every turn, and has continued to do so even after he left office.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.propublica.org\/article\/trump-administration-rolls-back-civil-rights-efforts-federal-government\">ProPublica<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Trump Administration Quietly Rolls Back Civil Rights Efforts Across Federal Government\u201d&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201cNow, under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the DOJ appears to be turning away from this storied tool, called consent decrees. The move is just one part of a move by the Trump administration to limit federal civil rights enforcement. Other departments have scaled back the power of their internal divisions that monitor such abuses.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2018\/08\/06\/opinions\/voting-rights-act-anniversary-long-way-to-go-clarke-rosenberg-opinion\/index.html\">CNN Op-Ed<\/a>: \u201cTrump administration has Voting Rights Act on life support\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2021\/mar\/27\/key-republican-voter-restriction-effort-advised-trump-overturn-2020-results\">The Guardian<\/a>: \u201cTrump and his allies push new Republican effort to restrict voting laws\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe moves comes as Trump himself signaled his support for new Republican-pushed legislation in Georgia which critics have slammed as being a <strong>major blow to voting rights for communities of color, especially Black voters<\/strong>. Joe Biden called the Georgia laws \u2018Jim Crow in the 21st Century\u2019 and \u2018an atrocity.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Biden kept his promise to require the White House and federal agencies to annually evaluate if they\u2019re keeping in line with equitable decision making wherever possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-administration-touts-diverse-white-house-staff-history-rcna92024\">NBC News<\/a>: \u201c<strong>Biden administration touts most diverse White House staff in history\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.bloomberglaw.com\/environment-and-energy\/biden-elevates-environmental-racial-equity-across-government\">Bloomberg<\/a>: \u201cBiden Elevates Racial Equity Actions Across Federal Agencies\u201d<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/homenews\/administration\/3861230-biden-signs-executive-order-to-address-racial-inequity\/\">The Hill<\/a>: \u201cBiden signs executive order to address racial inequity\u201d <strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Further Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government order is <strong>designed to address systemic barriers that hold communities of color back from prospering.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe order is Biden\u2019s second racial equity executive order.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBiden\u2019s new order builds on Executive Order 13985 by establishing a new annual process requiring agencies to create an annual public Equity Action Plan.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Trump promised to revoke Biden\u2019s racial equity executive order on his first day in office and notoriously had an overwhelmingly white leadership team.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.donaldjtrump.com\/news\/5ec7b970-78bb-4a32-8db9-0553602da477\">Press Release, Donald J. Trump for President<\/a>:<strong> \u201cI will revoke this executive order on my first day back in office. I will look forward to it.\u201d<\/strong><br><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/national-security\/trump-race-record\/2020\/09\/23\/332b0b68-f10f-11ea-b796-2dd09962649c_story.html\">Washington Post<\/a>: \u201cFrom the outset, <strong>his leadership team has been overwhelmingly White.<\/strong> A Washington Post tally identified 59 people who have held Cabinet positions or served in top White House jobs including chief of staff, press secretary and national security adviser since Trump took office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOnly seven have been people of color.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In celebration of Black History Month, we\u2019re highlighting the ways that President Biden and Vice President Harris have kept their promise to Black communities and delivered for them \u2013 investing in Black students, supporting Black-owned small businesses, and appointing a historic number of Black judges to the federal bench.&nbsp; DNC National Press Secretary Sarafina Chitika [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1029576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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