State Department to Get ‘Racial Equity and Justice’ Representative

Secretary of State Antony Blinken will appoint the State Department’s first “special representative for racial equity and justice” on June 17, according to an email obtained by National Review. The move comes amid a broader push by the Biden administration to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into American statecraft.

The new special-representative role, whose creation Blinken first announced in a press release in April, will “lead the State Department’s efforts to advance the human rights of people belonging to marginalized racial and ethnic communities and combat systemic racism, discrimination, and xenophobia around the world,” according to the email. The Daily Caller first reported that Blinken would name his pick for the new post next week.

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Secretary of State Antony Blinken will appoint the State Department’s first “special representative for racial equity and justice” on June 17, according to an email obtained by National Review. The move comes amid a broader push by the Biden administration to incorporate diversity, equity, and inclusion principles into American statecraft.

The new special-representative role, whose creation Blinken first announced in a press release in April, will “lead the State Department’s efforts to advance the human rights of people belonging to marginalized racial and ethnic communities and combat systemic racism, discrimination, and xenophobia around the world,” according to the email. The Daily Caller first reported that Blinken would name his pick for the new post next week.