,,iv  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #iij  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,june #d1 #bjbj,mrs4
 ,beatty submitted the following        
resolution2 which was referred to the   
,committee on the ,judiciary1 and in    
addition to the ,committee on ,energy   
and ,commerce1 for a period to be       
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,,resolution  ,recognizing racism as a  
national crisis and the need for a truth
 and reconciliation process4  ,whereas  
racism is a social system with multiple 
dimensions--individual racism that is   
internalized or interpersonal1 and      
systemic racism that is institutional1  
or structural1 and is a system of       
structuring opportunity and assigning   
value based on the social interpretation
 of how one looks2 ,whereas race is a   
social construct with no biological     
basis2 ,whereas racism unfairly         

disadvantages specific individuals and  
communities1 while unfairly giving      
advantages to other individuals and     
communities1 and saps the strength of   
the whole society through the waste of  
human resources2 ,whereas racism is a   
root cause of poverty and constricts    
economic mobility2 ,whereas racism      
causes persistent discrimination and    
disparate outcomes in many areas of     
life1 including housing1 education1     
employment1 and criminal justice1 and an
 emerging body of research demonstrates 
that racism itself is a social          
determinant of health2 ,whereas ,african
 ,americans face obstacles to economic  
opportunity1 with higher unemployment   
rates 7#af4g percent for ,african       
,americans compared to #ad4g percent    
overall in ,april #bjbj71 a higher      
poverty rate as a community 7#bj4h      
percent for ,african ,americans compared
 to #aa4h percent overall in #bjah71    
lower home ownership rates 7#dd percent 
for ,african ,americans compared to     

#fe4c percent overall71 and a           
significant wealth gap 7with a net worth
 for a typical ,black household of      
#ag1aej compared to #aga1jjj for an     
average ,white family72 ,whereas        
,african ,americans experience          
disproportionate interactions with law  
enforcement and the criminal justice    
system1 as demonstrated by higher       
incarceration rates 7#a1eja ,african    
,americans per #ajj1jjj compared to #fih
 people per #ajj1jjj overall71 and #dj  
percent of the people who are           
incarcerated in the ,united ,states are 
,black2 ,whereas far too many ,black    
,americans have lost their lives at the 
hands of law enforcement and to violence
 perpetrated while engaging in lawful   
activities--while comprising just #ab   
percent of the population1 they are #d  
times as likely to be killed by a police
 officer while being unarmed and not    
attacking1 compared to a                
,caucasian_/,white individual1 and are  
#b4e times more likely to be killed by  

police in general2 ,whereas #fi percent 
of the victims of police brutality in   
the ,united ,states who are ,black were 
suspected of a nonviolent crime and were
 unarmed2 ,whereas millions of          
,americans and people in countries      
across the globe united to peacefully   
protest the senseless killing of ,george
 ,floyd who died while in the custody of
 #d police officers in ,minneapolis1    
,minnesota1 on ,may #be1 #bjbj1 from a  
knee held on his neck for #h minutes and
 #df seconds1 and the unabated police   
brutality and racial injustices         
committed against ,black people in the  
,united ,states2 ,whereas racism and    
segregation have exacerbated a health   
divide resulting in ,black ,americans   
having lower life expectancies than     
,white ,americans1 being far more likely
 than other races to die prematurely    
7before the age of #ge71 and to die of  
heart disease or stroke2 ,whereas ,black
 ,americans have higher levels of infant
 mortality1 have lower birth weights1   

and are more likely to be overweight or 
obese1 have adult diabetes1 and have    
long-term complications from diabetes2  
,whereas communities of color1 working  
class residents1 and those who live with
 disabilities are more likely to        
experience poor health outcomes as a    
consequence of their social determinants
 of health--health inequities stemming  
from economic stability1 education1     
physical environment1 food1 and access  
to health care systems2 ,whereas more   
than #ajj studies have linked racism to 
worse health outcomes2 and ,whereas the 
collective prosperity of the ,united    
,states depends upon the equitable      
access to opportunity for every citizen 
regardless of the color of their skin3  
,now1 therefore1 be it ,that the ,house 
of ,representatives-- 7#a7 recognizes   
that structural and systemic racism is  
embedded and entrenched in every aspect 
of our ,nation2  7#b7 condemns the      
long-term impacts that racism has had on
 people of color in the ,united ,states2

  7#c7 asserts that racism is a public  
health crisis affecting our entire      
country2 and  7#d7 supports the creation
 of a truth and reconciliation process  
to address the historic1 enduring       
systemic and structural racism against  
,black people that continues to plague  
our ,nation4