In a statement, former Pres. Jimmy Carter called for Americans in positions of power and privilege to fight racial injustice, saying 'silence can be as deadly as violence.'
released by The Carter Center Wednesday, the oldest living president said he and his wife, former first lady Rosalynn Carter, are"pained by the tragic racial injustices and consequent backlash across our nation in recent weeks."Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter teaches Sunday school at Maranatha Baptist Church, Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, in Plains, Ga.
"We all must shine a spotlight on the immorality of racial discrimination," his statement read, without mentioning Floyd's name."But violence, whether spontaneous or consciously incited, is not a solution."Carter's statement also turned inward when he invoked his own experiences growing up in the deep South.
Carter included a call back to his 1971 inaugural address as Georgia's governor when he said,"The time for racial discrimination is over." "People of power, privilege, and moral conscience must stand up and say 'no more' to a racially discriminatory police and justice system, immoral economic disparities between whites and blacks, and government actions that undermine our unified democracy," he added.
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