A special U.N. human rights investigator will visit the United States this
month to probe racism,
an issue that has forced its way into the race to secure the Democratic
Party's presidential
nomination.
The United Nations said Doudou Diene would meet federal and local
officials,
as well as lawmakers
and judicial authorities during the May 19-June 6 visit.
"The special rap****teur will...gather first-hand information on issues
related to racism, racial
discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance," a U.N. statement said
on Friday.
His three-week visit, at U.S. government invitation, will cover eight
cities
-- Wa****ngton D.C.,
New York, Chicago, Omaha, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Miami and San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Race has become a central issue in the U.S. election cycle because Sen.
Barack Obama, the
frontrunner in the battle for the Democratic nomination battle, stands to
become the country's
first African American president.
His campaign has increased turnout among black voters but has also turned
off some white voters
in a country with a history of slavery and racial segregation.
Diene, a Senegalese lawyer who has served in the independent post since
2002, will re****t his
findings to the U.N. Human Rights Council next year.
However, the United Nations has almost no clout when it comes to U.S.
domestic affairs and is
widely perceived by many as interfering. The United States is not among
the
47 member states of
the Geneva-based forum, but has observer status.
In a re****t last year he said Islamophobia had grown worldwide since the
September 11 2001
attacks on the United States, carried out by al-Qaeda militants.
THE MORE YOU CAN GET CAUCASOIDS TO READ, THE SOONER THEY FIND OUT THAT
THEY
ARE JUST CONSPICUOUSLY EXPLOITED CAUCASOIDS WHICH ARE WHITE NIGGERS.
What Is a "White Nigger" ?
By Andrew D. Todd
http://hnn.us/articles/1220.html
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