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I’m honored to have earned the endorsement of
the Congressional Black Caucus PAC, which has been fighting
for enduring progress for almost 50 years. The CBC PAC knows
we need to elect a President who can take on all parts of
the job and build on the progress we’ve made under President
Obama and not let it get ripped away.
In America today, nearly one in three
African-American men faces the prospect of prison in their
lifetimes. African-American women working full time on
average earn 60 cents for every dollar a white man earns.
African Americans are nearly three times more likely to be
denied a mortgage as whites. And African-American children
are 500 percent more likely to die from asthma than white
kids.
As the “conscience of Congress,” the CBC and
its members fight for progress every day for African
Americans and for all hardworking people in this country.
They are working to give 35 million working people a raise
by increasing the minimum wage, and to protect all
Americans’ sacred and hard-won right to vote. They are
working tirelessly to help get more African-American
candidates elected and, thanks to their efforts, more
African Americans are serving in the United States Congress
today than ever before.
I have been proud to stand
shoulder-to-shoulder with my close friends in the CBC in
these fights. As a Senator from New York, I partnered with
CBC members on bills to ban racial profiling, prosecute hate
crimes, and promote equal pay for women. As Secretary of
State, I created the Global Diaspora Forum, which helps
Americans of African descent build partnerships with the
countries their ancestors came from.
The stakes in this election couldn’t be
higher. African Americans can’t wait for solutions, they
need results now. We need a President who can stand up to
the Republicans and win. I’ll take on the gun lobby to
address the epidemic of gun violence. I’ll take on the
Republicans who are disenfranchising voters and rolling back
voting rights. And I pledge a new and comprehensive
commitment to equity and opportunity for communities of
color. That means reforming our criminal justice system and
rebuilding the bonds of trust between our communities and
our law enforcement officials. But it also means making
major new investments to create jobs, to make it easier to
start and grow a small business, to end redlining in
housing, and to build reliable public transit systems.
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