; Whereas racism produces unjust outcomes and treatment for members of racial and ethnic minority groups, with such negative experiences serving as stressors that over time have a negative impact on physical health (leading, for example, to high blood pressure or hypertension) and mental health (leading, for example, to anxiety or depression); Whereas there is evidence that racial and ethnic minority groups continue to face discrimination in the United States, examples of which include that— (1) social scientists have documented racial microaggressions in contemporary United States society, including— (A) assumptions that members of racial and ethnic minority groups are not true Americans; (B) assumptions of lesser intelligence; (C) statements that convey color-blindness or denial of the importance of race; (D) assumptions of criminality or dangerousness; (E) denial of individual racism; (F) promotion of the myth of meritocracy; (G) assumptions that the cultural background and communication styles of an individual are pathological; (H) treatment as a second-class citizen; and (I) environmental messages of being unwelcome or devalued; (2) compared to White Americans, Black Americans are 5 times more likely to report experiencing discrimination when interacting with the police, Hispanic or Latino Americans and Native Americans are nearly 3 times as likely, and Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians or Pacific Islanders are nearly twice as likely; (3) 42 percent of employees in the United States have experienced or witnessed racism in the workplace; (4) Muslims, South Asians, and Sikhs were unjustly targeted for profiling, surveillance, arrest, discrimination, harassment, assault, and murder after 9/11