Biden Racial Equity Order Only Step One for Civil Rights Groups

Civil rights groups praised President Joe Biden‘s racial equity executive order but said it was only a start toward leveling the playing field for minority communities.

Biden on the first day of his administration ordered each federal department and agency to sift through their policies and programs to identify if they perpetuate systemic barriers against “underserved communities,” an early move to uphold the new president’s promise to advance racial justice.

“The executive order was a good step because it’s going to force agencies to do an examination and to report back. And then when they do, it could create ...