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2 <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is applicable to <br /> this item: <br /> • GOAL: FOSTER A COMMUNITY CULTURE THAT REJECTS OPPRESSION AND <br /> INEQUITY <br /> The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race or color; <br /> religious or philosophical beliefs; sex, gender or sexual orientation; national origin or ethnic <br /> background; age; military service; disability; and familial, residential or economic status. <br /> ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT: There are no Orange County Environmental Responsibility Goal <br /> impacts associated with this item. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize the <br /> Chair to sign the resolution: <br /> 1) acknowledging criminal acts of racial terror lynching that occurred across the United States <br /> in the aftermath of the Civil War and from Reconstruction through the middle of the <br /> twentieth century, and specifically acts that occurred in Orange County; <br /> 2) apologizing to all victims of racial terror lynching in Orange County perpetrated or <br /> condoned by past Orange County elected officials; and <br /> 3) expressing deepest sympathies to the families and descendants for all women and men <br /> who were murdered by racial terror lynching, and for the denial of their dignity and basic <br /> human rights. <br />