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Trainor quoted Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, who said: “Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it.”

A 2021 report from Barna Group revealed that white practicing Christians remained unlikely to recognize past or continuing racial discrimination, cross-racial relationships continued surface level and Black congregants experienced racial slights in these multiracial spaces.

While the country has passed trans-inclusive legislation and recognised in law a "third gender", stigma and discrimination remain.

The law, which takes effect July 1, opens trans and gender expansive Iowans up to discrimination in housing, employment, education and public services.

Of the many low points in the response to 9/11, the unleashing of government policies of racial and ethnic discrimination stands out.