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Stevie Wonder asks Biden for 'Truth Commission' to address inequality in open letter to MLK
Stevie Wonder asks Biden for 'Truth Commission' to address inequality in open letter to MLK
Mon, January 18, 2021, 6:34 PM
Stevie Wonder announced Monday he is calling on President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration to launch a “Truth Commission” to examine racial injustice.
In what he called “An Open Letter to Dr. King” – released on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a tradition Wonder helped establish – the iconic music star said he is “physically sick” over the “lack of progress” made since the holiday was formalized in the 1980s.
He went on to call upon Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris “to launch a formal, government investigation to establish the truth of inequality” in his letter, which he also recited in a video. “This truth will validate the history and this commission will recommend reconciliations.”
The tone of Monday’s letter is in line with Wonder’s increasingly forceful messaging of recent months. In speeches and videos during 2020, the 70-year-old star called for reparations for Black Americans and a reckoning by modern America with its slave past.
“It is time for all to take the only stand. We cannot be afraid to confront a lie and a liar,” he said Monday. “Those in leadership who won’t or don’t acknowledge the truth should be held accountable.”
Stevie Wonder asks Biden for 'Truth Commission' to address inequality in open letter to MLK
Mon, January 18, 2021, 6:34 PM
Stevie Wonder announced Monday he is calling on President-elect Joe Biden's incoming administration to launch a “Truth Commission” to examine racial injustice.
In what he called “An Open Letter to Dr. King” – released on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, a tradition Wonder helped establish – the iconic music star said he is “physically sick” over the “lack of progress” made since the holiday was formalized in the 1980s.
He went on to call upon Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris “to launch a formal, government investigation to establish the truth of inequality” in his letter, which he also recited in a video. “This truth will validate the history and this commission will recommend reconciliations.”
The tone of Monday’s letter is in line with Wonder’s increasingly forceful messaging of recent months. In speeches and videos during 2020, the 70-year-old star called for reparations for Black Americans and a reckoning by modern America with its slave past.
“It is time for all to take the only stand. We cannot be afraid to confront a lie and a liar,” he said Monday. “Those in leadership who won’t or don’t acknowledge the truth should be held accountable.”