May 13, 2023politicalracial justiceHBCUsdomestic terrorismwhite supremacypolitical
Biden delivers Howard University commencement warning about white supremacy
President Biden delivers the commencement address at Howard University, a historically Black university, and declares that white supremacy and domestic violent extremism pose "the most dangerous terrorist threat to our homeland today." Biden uses the speech to connect historical Black progress to the ongoing struggle against racial intimidation and to call out book banning, attacks on voting rights, and other Republican-led policies he describes as attempts to erase Black history. The speech reflects Biden's consistent effort to address the Biden administration's framing of racial politics as central to the partisan divide.