Racial justice activists say Biden's State of the Union address missed the mark
In one of the most high-profile speeches of Biden's presidency, he did not emphasize issues of racial justice.
In President Biden's first address to a joint session of Congress, in 2021, he pledged to root out systemic racism and to advance efforts to create a more equitable country. He said that the United States had "seen the knee of injustice on the neck of Black Americans" and declared that "now is our opportunity to make some real progress."
Roughly one year later, Biden returned to Capitol Hill to again address Congress. This time, those issues were not the focus.
"From a president who said that he would make race equity a linchpin of
