and
WHEREAS, Sadly, President Trump's recent remarks represent a
consistent pattern of racially charged and derogatory comments
that he has made about nonwhite immigrants, which include, but
are not limited to: Mexicans "bringing drugs. They're bringing
crime. They're rapists" and the Diversity Visa Program gives "us
their worst" and Haitian immigrants "all have AIDS" and
Nigerians will never "go back to their huts"; and
WHEREAS, Not only has President Trump's latest iteration of
repugnant comments offended the personal sensibilities of both
Haitian and African immigrants residing in the United States and
their international diaspora, they also threaten to set back
American interests within the world's fastest growing continent;
and
WHEREAS, President Trump's remarks have also incurred the ire
and condemnation of the African Union, which is comprised of an
assemblage of 55 member states on the continent, as well as the
South African government, which has indicated that it intends to
lodge a formal complaint with the American Embassy; and
WHEREAS, Further compounding this controversy was President
Trump's insistence that the United States should have more
people emigrating from Norway as opposed to Haiti and African
countries; and
WHEREAS, Not only were President Trump's remarks deeply
steeped in racial overtones, they also underscore his fundmental
ignorance about foreign affairs as there currently are more
Americans who are immigrating to Norway than there are
Norwegians immigrating to the United States; and
WHEREAS, The Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus, an
organization whose mission is to promote and protect the
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