Secretary of state invites U.N. to probe 'racism' in U.S.

The Biden administration has formally invited the United Nations to investigate "the scourge of racism, racial discrimination, and xenophobia" in the United States.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken made the invitation in a statement on Tuesday, the same day the ACLU called on the Biden administration to cooperate with the U.N. after its Human Rights Council adopted a resolution "creating an independent body to investigate systemic racism in law enforcement around the globe."

Blinken said its a matter of "transparency."

"As the President has repeatedly made clear, great nations such as ours do not hide from our shortcomings; they acknowledge them openly and strive to improve with transparency," he said.

"It is in this context that the United States intends to issue a formal, standing invitation to all UN experts who report and advise on thematic human rights issues," he continued. "As a first step, we have reached out to offer an official visit by the UN Special Rapporteur on contemporary forms of racism and the UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues."

NEW: The UN Human Rights Council adopted a resolution creating an independent body to investigate systemic racism in law enforcement around the globe.

Now the onus is on the Biden administration to fully cooperate and commit to taking bold action on police violence in the US.

— ACLU (@ACLU) July 13, 2021

Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., the son of Cuban immigrants, reacted, charging the Biden administration has misplaced priorities.

Should the UN be probing "racism" in the U.S.?

In a tweet addressing Blinken, he said that instead of asking the U.N. to come and "tell us how 'racist' America is, why don't you ask them to go to #Cuba where an evil socialist regime storms into peoples homes, beats the crap out of them & then drags them away?"

.@SecBlinken instead of asking the @UN to come here & tell us how “racist” America is, why don’t you ask them to go to #Cuba where an evil socialist regime storms into peoples homes,beats the crap out of them & then drags them away?#SOSCubaLibre https://t.co/sTEmsvDT8L pic.twitter.com/7hSYPCZK0s

— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) July 14, 2021

Last month, the U.N.'s high commissioner for human rights, Michelle Bachelet, issued a global report a year after the death of George Floyd in which she called on nations to "start dismantling racism."

She said earlier this month that member nations should begin funding reparations measures to compensate for slavery, discrimination and colonial rule.

The U.S. left the Human Rights Council in 2018 because its bias against Israel -- with more resolutions against the Jewish state than all other countries combined -- and the membership of notorious human-rights violators such as Iran.

As WND reported in March, the Biden administration wants to rejoin the council.

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