Hillary Clinton has been an advocate for racial justice her whole career. Today, we will focus on her record as a Senator for the state of New York. On her website, you can find her stances on just about every issue there is, including racial justice. In the words of her campaign, this is not a new fight for her.
Secretary Clinton had a huge success with reforming election and voting practices that could potentially favor certain people over others. She still is working to restore voting rights to those that have been incarcerated. She wants to repair the Voter Rights Act and make voting as easy as possible for everyone.
One of her other big points is reforming the criminal justice system. Some of the rhetorical language she has used and still uses with that are things like systematic racism, racial profiling. She makes it clear that she believes that there is a huge bias against people of color. As a senator, she fought against racial profiling; she uses that exact same language in her current campaign, she wants to “end racial profiling by law enforcement”.
She has helped implement numerous programs throughout her career to aid in racial justice, and she is not done yet. Her rhetorical strategy is to keep reminding people of her record and experience with this issue. She has been proven to fight for equality among all people throughout her whole life as a lawyer, first lady, senator, and Secretary of State.
Hillary Clinton is able to give so many specific examples in her campaign about how she has helped close the gap of injustice. Secretary Clinton makes voters think about how ridiculous it is that in 2016, we don’t live in a country that values justice for all people of all races. Rhetorically, she is very effective in making people believe in, fight for, and envision a truly equal country.
I think that looking back at Clinton’s track record on the subject of Racial and civil rights is very important in making a decision about her judgement. Once you realize that she has been fighting for the people and their rights for decades really shows what kind of person she is, and what kind of person she will be if she is president.
I would argue and say that her background in this subject is a big benefit to her because she is always relaying it to the world in debates which then allows people watching to research and see for themselves all the things she has done in an effort to help racial injustices. This gives her the upper hand because people who are directly affected by the racial injustices are going to automatically be more prone to vote for someone who has and will continue to fight to make things better.