| Resolution Number: | 2022-A131 |
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| Title: | Urge Episcopalians Utilize the Phrase "People of Color" |
| Legislative Action Taken: | Concurred as Amended |
| Final Text: | |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention urge all Episcopalians to utilize the phrase People of Color when referring to individuals and communities marginalized by racism and white supremacy; and be it further
Resolved, That when referring to a smaller group of people that share a historical, cultural, or ethnic identity, we commit to using the specific terms and names that those groups have widely embraced for themselves in our documents and church communications.
| Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), p. 771. |
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Legislative History
| Author: | Presiding Officers’ Working Group on Truth Telling, Reckoning, and Healing |
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| Originating House: | House of Deputies |
| Originating Committee: | Racial Justice and Reconciliation |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Racial Justice and Reconciliation presented its Report #22 on Resolution A131 (Resolution Regarding Language) and moved adoption with amendment.
Original Text of Resolution:
(A131)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention establish the phrase People of Color, when making references to communities in our church, that do not exclusively identify as White. Official documents, resolutions, and other messages of the church from here on should utilize this term and where appropriate, previous documents may be modified; and be if further,
Resolved, That when referring to a smaller group of people that share a historical, cultural, or ethnic identity, we commit to using the specific terms and names that those groups have widely embraced for themselves in our documents and church communications.
Committee Amendment:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention establish urge all Episcopalians to utilize the phrase People of Color when referring to individuals and communities marginalized by racism and white supremacy,
when making references to communities in our church, that do not
exclusively identify as White. Official documents, resolutions, and
other messages of the church from here on should utilize this term and
where appropriate, previous documents may be modified.; and be it further,
Resolved, That when referring to a smaller group of people that share a historical, cultural, or ethnic identity, we commit to using the specific terms and names that those groups have widely embraced for themselves in our documents and church communications.
Motion carried
Resolution adopted with amendment
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #134)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Racial Justice and Reconciliation presented its Report #34 on HD Message #134 on Resolution A131 (Resolution Regarding Language) and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #157)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 9.
| Report Reference: | Presiding Officers' Working Group on Truth-Telling, Reckoning, and Healing, Reports to the 80th General Convention, 2022. |
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| Abstract: | The 80th General Convention urges Episcopalians to use the phrase “People of Color” when referring to people marginalized by racism, when referring to smaller groups that share an identity, and to use the names they have embraced for themselves. |