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GA HR1648
Resolution
Status
Passed
6/24/2020
Primary Sponsor
Park Cannon
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AI Summary
- Georgia House Resolution recognizing that Black Lives Matter, acknowledging the historical roots of systemic racism from the arrival of enslaved Africans in 1619 through slavery, Jim Crow, and modern-day structural inequities
- Cites specific racial disparities including a median net worth gap where White households hold ten times the wealth of Black households, Black incarceration rates five times higher than White rates, and 2019 Black unemployment in Georgia nearly three times that of White Georgians
- References the killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks, and other Black Georgians as evidence of the persistence of racially biased or racially motivated violence
- Commits members of the Georgia House of Representatives to acknowledging the historical roots and present-day realities of systemic racism and to advancing racial equity in Georgia
- Directs the Clerk of the House to make copies of the resolution available for distribution to the public and the press
Legislative Description
Black Lives Matter; recognize
Last Action
House Read and Adopted
6/24/2020
Full Bill Text
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