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daughter gianna who i met with when i met with the family i leaned down to say hi to her and she said look to me she said daddy changed the world that's what gianna said his daughter daddy changed the world and i believe she was right not because this kind of injustice stopped it clearly hasn't but because the ground has shifted because it changed minds and mindsets because it laid the groundwork for progress cover 19 has further ripped a path of destruction through every community in america but no one has been spared but the devastation in communities of color has been nothing short of stunning just look at the numbers 40 percent of frontline workers nurses first responders grocery store workers are americans of color and many are still living on the edge one in ten black americans is out of work today one in eleven latino americans is out of work today one in seven households in america about one in four black one in five latino households in america report that they don't have enough food to eat in the united states of america black and latino americans are dying of cover 19 it raised nearly three times that of white americans it's not white americans fault but just a fact and the americans now know it especially younger americans one of the reasons i'm so optimistic about this nation is that today's generation of young americans is the most progressive thoughtful inclusive generation that america has ever seen and they are pulling us toward justice in so many ways forcing us to confront the huge gap in economy and excuse me economic inequity between those at the top and everyone else forcing us to confront the existential crisis of climate and yes forced us to confront systemic racism and white supremacy it's just been weeks since all america witnessed a group of thugs insurrectionists a political extremist and white supremacist violently attack the capital of our democracy and so now now is the time to act it's time to act because that's what the faith and morality call us to do across nearly every faith the same principles hold we're all god's children we should treat each other as we would like to be treated ourselves and this is time to act and this time to act because it's what the core values of this nation call us to do and i believe the vast majority of americans democrats republicans and independents share these values and want us to act as well we have never fully lived up to the founding principles of this nation state the obvious that all people are created equal and have a right to be treated equally throughout their lives and it's time to act now not only because it's the right thing to do but because if we do we'll all be better off for it for too long we've allowed a narrow cramped view of the promise of this nation to fester you know we've uh we've bought the view that america is a zero-sum game in many cases if you succeed i fail if you get ahead i fall behind if you get the job i lose mine maybe worst of all if i hold you down i lift myself up we've lost sight of what president kennedy told us when he said a rising tide lifts all boats when we lift each other up we're all lifted up you know and the corollary is true as well when any one of us is held down we're all held back more and more economic studies in recent years have proven this but i don't think you need economic studies to see the truth just imagine if instead of consigning millions of american children to under-resourced schools we gave each and every three four-year-old child a chance to learn to go to school not daycare school and grow and thrive in school throughout when they've done that the places have been done it shows they have an exponentially greater chance of going all the way through 12 years of school and doing it well but you know does anyone does anyone in this whole nation think we're not all better off if that were to happen just imagine that instead of denying millions of americans the ability to own a home and build generational wealth we made it possible from in the baya home their first home and began to build equity to provide for their families and send their children off to school does anyone doubt that the whole nation would be better off just imagine instead of denying millions of young entrepreneurs the ability to access capital we made it possible to take their dream to market create jobs reinvest in their own communities does anyone doubt this whole nation wouldn't be better off just imagine of more incredibly creative and innovative how much more creative and innovative we'd be if this nation uh held uh held the historic black colleges and universities to the same opportunities and minority serving institutions that had the same funding and resources of public universities to compete for jobs and industries of the future you know just as the first hbcu graduate elected as vice president if that's not true but to do this i believe this nation and this government need to change their whole approach to the issue of racial equity yes we need criminal justice reform but that isn't nearly enough we need to open the promise of america to every american and that means we need to make the issue of racial equity not just an issue for any one department of government it has to be the business of the whole of government that's why i issued among the first days my whole government executive order that will for the first time advance equity for all throughout our federal policies and institutions it focuses on the full range of communities who have been long underserved and overlooked people of color americans with disabilities lgbtq americans religious minorities rural urban suburban communities facing persistent poverty and i've asked ambassador susan rice to lead the administration's charge through the white house and domestic policy council because i know we shall see it through every white house every white house component and every agency will be involved in this work because advancing equity has to be everyone's job today i'll be shortly signing an a an additional package of executive actions to continue this vital work housing for example housing is a right in america and homeownership is an essential tool to wealth creation and to be passed down to generations today i'm directing the department of housing and urban affairs and urban development to redress the historical racism and federal housing policies today i'm directing the federal agency to reinvigorate the consultation process with indian tribes respect the tribal sovereignty respect for tribal sovereignty will be a cornerstone of our engaging with native american communities this builds on the work we did last week to expand tribes access to the strategic national stockpile for the first time to ensure they receive help from the federal emergency management agency fema to fight this pandemic today i'm directing federal agencies to combat resurgence of xenophobia particularly against asian americans and pacific islanders that we've seen skyrocket during this pandemic this is unacceptable and it's un-american i've asked the department of justice to strengthen this partnership with the asian-american and pacific islander community to prevent those hate crimes i've also asked the department of health and human services to put out best practices for combating xenophobia in our national response to covet look in the weeks ahead i'll be reaffirming the federal government's commitment to diversity equity and inclusion and accessibility building on the work we started in the obama biden administration that's why i've rescinded the previous administration's harmful ban on diversity and sensitivity training and abolish the offensive counter factual 1776 commission unity and healing must begin with understanding and truth not ignorance and lies today i'm also issuing an executive order and that will ultimately end the justice department's use of private prisons private prisons an industry that houses pre-child to trainees and detainees and federal prisoners the executive order directs the attorney general to decline to renew contracts with privately operated criminal facilities a step we started to take at the end of the obama administration and was reversed under the previous administration this is the first step to stop corporation from profiting off of incarcerated incarceration that is less humane and less safe as the study show and it is just the beginning of my administration's plan to address systemic problems in our criminal justice system here's another thing we need to do we need to restore and expand the voting rights act named after our dear friend john lewis and continue to fight back against laws that many states are engaged in to suppress the right to vote while expanding access to the ballot box for all eligible voters because here's the deal and i'll close with this i ran for president because i believe we're in a battle for the soul of this nation and the simple truth is our soul will be troubled as long as systemic racism is allowed to persist we can't eliminate it's not going to be overnight we can't eliminate everything but it's corrosive it's destructive and it's costly it cost every american not just who felt the sting of racial injustice we aren't just less of an we are not just a nation of morally deprived because of systemic racism we're also less prosperous we're less successful we're less secure so we must change and i know it's going to take time but i know we can do it and i firmly believe the nation is ready to change but government has to change as well we need to make equity and justice part of what we do every day today tomorrow and every day i'm going to sign these executive actions to continue the work to make real the promise of america for every american again i'm not promising we can end it tomorrow but i promise you we're going to continue to make progress to eliminate systemic racism and every branch of the white house and the federal government is going to be part of that effort thank you okay my pen over here this first executive order is a memorandum for the secretary of housing and urban development to redress our nation's and the federal government's history of discriminatory housing practices and policies the next executive order is reforming incarceration system by eliminating the use of privately operated criminal detention facilities third executive order is a memorandum for the heads of executive departments and agencies tribal consultation and strengthening nation and nation relationships the last executive order is condemning and combating racism xenophobia and intolerance against asian americans and pacific islanders in the united states i think the country's ready and i know this administration's right thank you mr president about your