"In recent years, Joe Biden has also become vocal about racial issues, citing the horrors of the Charlottesville 'Unite the Right' rally in 2017 as his motivation for jumping into the 2020 presidential contest, and calling in his inaugural address for confronting the threat of 'white supremacy.' In response to the civil unrest last year prompted by police brutality against African Americans, Biden made a point of rejecting calls to defund the police but made promises to push for criminal justice reform. Both as a candidate and in his first days as president, Biden has challenged Americans to live up to their ideals, including the proposition that 'all men are created equal.' Ben Franklin's story, therefore, from slaveholder to staunch antislavery advocate, can help remind us of the power and importance of living up to the revolutionary promises of the founding."
Daniel N. Gullotta and Kelsa Pellettiere at The Bulwark discuss "[h]ow to understand President Joe Biden’s choice of Oval Office art."
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