Voice of America correspondent Anita Powell offered one other instance Wednesday of how, utilizing our hard-earned tax {dollars}, government-run media leads to a product closely tilted to the left. In the course of the White Home press briefing, Powell used her time to tell Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre that “folks each inside the USA and outdoors are…asking, is the USA a racist society.”

Whereas TV suppliers make choices about what channels shoppers can and may’t have of their lineup whereas shoppers have a selection of which supplier (if any) to do enterprise with, Individuals don’t have that selection on the subject of their tax {dollars} being shipped off to left-wing operations masquerading as information outfits.

Powell first requested about debt ceiling negotiations earlier than zooming out and first invoking the Tyre Nichols funeral in Memphis as a method of hurling her cockamamie declare that, due to what occurred there, Individuals and foreigners are questioning whether or not America’s “a racist society.”

She ultimately requested a query about what steps can “holistically” be taken to treatment that:

I’d like to listen to your thought on that and in addition what the administration is doing past simply police reform, certified immunity, these discussions, what the U.S. is doing holistically — what the administration is doing holistically to deal with that notion?

Jean-Pierre provided a milquetoast reply, however didn’t endorse that form of logic spun by race hustlers and woke educators hellbent on planting that concept within the minds of America’s youth.

She started by noting the significance of Black Historical past Month because it “raise[s] up the contribution of Black Individuals, and in addition understanding that their tradition, when you concentrate on Black tradition as an American, can also be American tradition” and the way they’ve contributed to our nation’s wealthy historical past.

“[W]hen the President walked into this administration, he stated there have been 4 crises that we wanted to take care of. Certainly one of them was COVID. Certainly one of them was the economic system, local weather change, and he talked about racial injustice and he had — he had given many — he has given many — many speeches on the work that we nonetheless must do,” she added.

She went onto say President Biden “understands there’s much more work to be performed and we have to name out injustices and proceed to try this and whereas we’ve a wealthy historical past and an essential historical past on this nation, there are issues that he additionally believes…we speak about…and that’s the injustices that we’ve seen within the Black group and different communities”.

In fact, she ended by boasting of how the administration has received the variety Olympics, stating partly: “So, that’s why the President has made it a precedence in his administration to be sure that it seems to be like America, to be sure that we see the variety on this administration”.

To see the related transcript from February 1’s briefing, click on “broaden.”

White Home press briefing [via Washington Post Live]
February 1, 2023
3:31 p.m. Jap

ANITA POWELL: Zooming out on the Tyre Nichols funeral at the moment, folks each inside the USA and outdoors are this killing and asking, is the USA a racist society? I’d like to listen to your thought on that and in addition what the administration is doing past simply police reform, certified immunity, these discussions, what the U.S. is doing holistically — what the administration is doing holistically to deal with that notion?

KARINE JEAN-PIERRE: So, on the prime of the briefing, you heard me lay out how essential this month is as a result of it’s Black Historical past Month, and the way essential it’s to see Black Individuals and lifting up the contribution of Black Individuals, and in addition understanding that their tradition, when you concentrate on Black tradition as an American, can also be American tradition, when you concentrate on what they’ve been capable of — what the Black group has been capable of contribute to the historical past of this nation, what they’ve been capable of contribute in many various sectors of — of America and so, that’s one thing that’s actually essential that we’ll proceed to raise up. There was a memorandum that was put out by the President and, look, you already know, when the President walked into this administration, he stated there have been 4 crises that we wanted to take care of. Certainly one of them was COVID. Certainly one of them was the economic system, local weather change, and he talked about racial injustice and he had — he had given many — he has given many — many speeches on the work that we nonetheless must do to take care of a problem that affects a group acro — communities throughout the nation — this specific group, the Black group. So, we perceive — he understands there’s much more work to be performed and we have to name out injustices and proceed to try this. And whereas we’ve a wealthy historical past and an essential historical past on this nation, there are issues that he additionally believes is essential that we speak about and we communicate to, and that’s the injustices that we’ve seen within the Black group and different communities as properly, traditionally. So, that’s why the President has made it a precedence in his administration to be sure that it seems to be like America, to be sure that we see the variety on this administration, all through totally different communities and also you see that over and over if you take a look at the totally different companies, if you look in to the White Home and that is — that is traditionally essentially the most various administration in historical past and that issues. Once we speak about insurance policies, after we’re speaking about transformational change, after we speak about how can we transfer ahead in a rustic that’s coping with many points, that’s essential to see that and to have that on the federal authorities. So, once more, tons extra work to be performed. The President understands that. He’s spoken to that and we’re going to hopefully have the ability to — to work in direction of the therapeutic for this nation.