Discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities remains a serious problem in the United States. Under the Presidency of Donald Trump, white supremacy has surged back to life, white nationalists have sparked violence around the country, and hate crimes have spiked, with the largest increases occurring in cities where Trump holds rallies. Yet, even before Trump took office, racial and ethnic minority communities suffered from systemic discrimination in employment, housing, access to health care, and public services. The Santa Clara County Democratic Party recognizes that protecting and empowering vulnerable and underrepresented communities is crucial to ensuring a fair and just society for all. As such, the Santa Clara County Democratic Party:

• Condemns white nationalism, white supremacy, Nazism, and all other organized groups and philosophies that advocate the oppression of persons based on race, ethnicity, color, creed, or country of origin.
• Supports the rights of every person to be free from discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, color, creed, and country of origin in employment, housing, and public accommodations, without exception for the perpetrator’s religious beliefs.
• Supports equal, fair, and timely access to inclusive, culturally competent public services for all persons, and condemns efforts to deny residents access to public services based on country of origin, ethnicity, or immigration status.
• Supports offering adequate translation services at public and governmental agencies.
• Supports the right of law-abiding undocumented immigrants and their families to be free from harassment, discrimination, and abduction without due process of law.
• Believes that indigenous communities have a right to protect their land and water from seizure by private companies, particularly when the company intends to use the seized land for the transportation of hazardous materials, and, therefore, opposes the construction of pipelines or other development on indigenous land without their consent.
• Supports the protection, preservation, or return of sacred land to indigenous people, and strongly opposes efforts to develop or destroy these sites.