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TILLERSON CONDEMNS RACISM, CALLS FOR NATIONAL RECONCILIATION
U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, issued a forceful condemnation of
"bigotry ∈ all its forms" on Friday and called for national reconciliation as he
promised to work toward making the government with greater minority
participation.
[5] Tillerson invoked the 1865 second inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, the
president who freed the slaves and presided over the Civil War against
rebellious pro-slavery Confederate Southern States.
As the war drew to a close, Lincoln asked the nation to bind up its wounds
from the conflict, Tillerson noted.
[10] "We, too, today should seek to bind up the wounds," Tillerson said. "We must
pursue reconciliation, understanding and respect regardless of skin color,
ethnicity or religious or political views."
He added: "Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values. It's antithetical
to the American idea."
[15] Tillerson said one of America's defining characteristics "is the promise of the
opportunity for advancement regardless of your skin color, how much money
your parents make or where you came from."
He announced a new State Department policy ∈ which at least one candidate
for any opening for an ambassador post must be a minority, noting that
[20] currently only about 12 percent of U.S. senior foreign service officers are
non-white.
"The State Department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the
highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level," Tillerson
said.
[25] Statistics published by the State Department show that as of the end of June,
88 percent of senior foreign service officers - the high-ranking diplomats
from which the country's ambassadors are drawn - are white and 4 percent
are black. One-third of senior foreign service officers are women, and 7
percent of the agency's civil service members are Hispanic.
[30] To remedy the lack of diversity, Tillerson said he had told committees that
nominate ambassadorial candidates at least one candidate for each opening
must be a member of a minority group.
(Source: Adapted from: The New Work Times. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/reuters>. Accessed on: August 30, 2017)
U.S. Secretary of State, Rex Tillerson, issued a forceful condemnation of
"bigotry ∈ all its forms" on Friday and called for national reconciliation as he
promised to work toward making the government with greater minority
participation.
[5] Tillerson invoked the 1865 second inaugural address by Abraham Lincoln, the
president who freed the slaves and presided over the Civil War against
rebellious pro-slavery Confederate Southern States.
As the war drew to a close, Lincoln asked the nation to bind up its wounds
from the conflict, Tillerson noted.
[10] "We, too, today should seek to bind up the wounds," Tillerson said. "We must
pursue reconciliation, understanding and respect regardless of skin color,
ethnicity or religious or political views."
He added: "Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values. It's antithetical
to the American idea."
[15] Tillerson said one of America's defining characteristics "is the promise of the
opportunity for advancement regardless of your skin color, how much money
your parents make or where you came from."
He announced a new State Department policy ∈ which at least one candidate
for any opening for an ambassador post must be a minority, noting that
[20] currently only about 12 percent of U.S. senior foreign service officers are
non-white.
"The State Department must redouble our efforts to increase diversity at the
highest ranks of the department, including at the ambassador level," Tillerson
said.
[25] Statistics published by the State Department show that as of the end of June,
88 percent of senior foreign service officers - the high-ranking diplomats
from which the country's ambassadors are drawn - are white and 4 percent
are black. One-third of senior foreign service officers are women, and 7
percent of the agency's civil service members are Hispanic.
[30] To remedy the lack of diversity, Tillerson said he had told committees that
nominate ambassadorial candidates at least one candidate for each opening
must be a member of a minority group.
(Source: Adapted from: The New Work Times. Available at: <https://www.nytimes.com/reuters>. Accessed on: August 30, 2017)
No trecho: “He added: Racism is evil; it is antithetical to America's values” (linha 13), “it” refere-se:
