在…上美国总统就职日许多被排斥或被遗忘的美国人似乎终于能够开始新的篇章。在几个小时内，还没有感受到的美国人能够在一个历史性的庄严环境中看到对多样性和第一次的庆祝。
美国总统早就承诺要治理整个美利坚合众国，但许多人仍然处于边缘地位。
在乔·拜登总统的就职典礼上，与其说是关于他说了什么，不如说是关于他把人们放在中心舞台上，包括副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯，第一位被选入白宫的女性和有色人种妇女，以及阿曼达·戈尔曼，这位美国总统最年轻的就职诗人。
近年来，对多元化的庆祝不同于该国领导层的任何看法。
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卡马拉·哈里斯在乔的就职典礼上宣誓就任副总统后挥手致意
以下是几个历史性的和包容性的一天的例子:
副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯
哈里斯在周三创造了历史，成为美国第一位女性副总统、第一位黑人副总统和第一位副总统南亚遗产。
哈里斯的母校毕业于历史悠久的黑霍华德大学，向她颁发了49枚丧钟，以纪念她成为第49任副总统。该校的行进乐队也是游行中的护卫，如“提高每一个声音并歌唱”，通常被称为黑人国歌。
哈里斯的名字的意思是“莲花”，这是印度文化中一个强大的象征。她谈到了莲花是如何在水下生长，但当它的根牢牢地种植在河底时，它会浮在水面上。她还说她对那些根有强烈的自豪感。她的祖父P.V .戈帕兰是印度政府的高级外交官。哈里斯说，她通过他和她的父母学到了很多关于服务的知识。
“这是一件非常值得骄傲、非常值得高兴的事。总统就职委员会副主席Ajay Bhutoria说。“现在我可以抬头对我的孩子说，‘嘿，如果你努力工作，按规则办事，有一天你会成为副总裁，也许将来会成为总裁。’"
手势语
安德里亚·霍尔是佐治亚州IAFF地方3920的主席，也是佐治亚州南富尔顿县第一位被任命为消防队长的黑人女性，她用手语宣读了效忠誓词。
阿曼达·戈尔曼
阿曼达·戈尔曼吸引观众在就职典礼上，她朗诵了自己的原诗《我们攀登的山峰》。
在周四接受《早安美国》采访时，22岁的历史上最年轻的就职诗人戈尔曼也透露，像拜登一样，她也必须努力克服语言障碍。
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阿曼达·戈尔曼在乔·拜登就任美国第46任总统期间背诵了一首诗.
“拜登总统对他的口吃超级开放，”戈尔曼告诉“GMA”，说她自己的语言障碍不是口吃，“但它掉了几封我多年来都不能说的信。”
“最具体的是‘R’音，这可能要等到我20岁才能说——这意味着我不能说像‘诗歌’甚至‘戈尔曼’这样的词，戈尔曼是我的姓，”她补充道。“我必须真正地努力和练习，才能达到今天的成就。”
詹妮弗·洛佩兹
"这是一个不可分割的自由和公正的世界!"这位世界闻名的歌手在她的就职演出中宣布，这是美国历史上最重要的事件之一期间西班牙语的一次突出展示。她的话翻译成:“一个国家，在上帝之下，不可分割，所有人都享有自由和正义。”
索尼娅·索托马约尔法官
索托马约尔是第一位拉丁美洲最高法院法官主持宣誓仪式在总统就职典礼上。索托马约尔于2009年被巴拉克·奥巴马总统提名，也是第一位西班牙裔最高法院法官，也是第三位女性。
新参议员
就职典礼几小时后，哈里斯主持就职宣誓致佐治亚州第一位黑人参议员拉斐尔·沃诺克牧师和自19世纪80年代以来第一位来自南方的犹太参议员乔恩·奥索夫。
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副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯主持参议员亚历克斯·帕迪拉、参议员拉斐尔的就职宣誓
哈里斯还宣誓民主党人亚历克斯·帕迪拉(Alex Padilla)将填补自己的参议院席位。亚历克斯·帕迪拉是前加州国务卿，也是第一位来自加州的拉丁裔参议员。
随着佐治亚州两名新的民主党参议员的当选，民主党人控制了平分秋色的参议院，哈里斯将在她担任参议院主席的新职位上担任决定性的一票。
新椭圆形办公室装饰
拜登就职后不久，椭圆形办公室的内部设计发生了变化——就像历届新政府一样。这间办公室先前展示了前总统安德鲁·杰克逊的肖像，他因其美国原住民迁移政策而臭名昭著，现在首先展示了包括民权领袖罗莎·帕克斯和马丁·路德·金在内的著名美国历史人物的肖像和半身像报告华盛顿邮报。
坚决办公桌后面醒目地展示着墨西哥裔美国劳工领袖凯萨·查维斯的半身像，以及拜登的家庭照片。
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墨西哥裔美国劳工领袖凯萨·查维斯的半身像和家庭照片一起出现在椭圆形办公室
行政命令和政府行动
在宣誓就职几小时后，拜登签署了十几份行政行为其中一些旨在保护人权和移民。
一项行政命令结束了前总统唐纳德·特朗普的任期禁止人们从某些国家进入美国，这一举动受到了倡导者的好评。根据2015年发布的一份声明，特朗普在2016年竞选活动中承诺“全面彻底关闭”穆斯林进入美国，“直到我们国家的代表能够弄清楚发生了什么”之后，制定了这项禁令。
“我们欢迎废除穆斯林禁令，这是纠正特朗普政府对美国穆斯林和世界各地穆斯林造成的严重不公正、暴力、歧视和苦难的第一步，”其他归属研究所全球正义项目研究员巴西马·塞莫雷(Basima Sisemore)说。
另一个国家制定了一项政策，要求政府采取“全面的方法来促进所有人的平等，包括有色人种和其他历史上得不到充分服务、被边缘化和受到持续贫困和不平等不利影响的人。”
全国有色人种协进会(NAACP)主席兼首席执行官德里克·约翰逊(Derrick Johnson)周四称赞拜登-哈里斯(Biden-Harris)政府“解决了种族公正问题”。
曼德尔·颜/法新社通过盖蒂图像
乔·拜登总统作为副总统签署行政命令，作为新冠肺炎回应的一部分
另一项命令解决了南部边境移民执法的争议，另一项命令呼吁国土安全部暂停对寻求庇护者的“留在墨西哥”政策。
加州最大的移民权利组织人道移民权利联盟称赞拜登的移民倡议。
“这是我们实现一个完全包容移民的公正社会的最好机会，”CHIRLA的执行董事安吉莉卡·萨拉斯(Angelica Salas)在一份书面声明中表示。
有目的的时尚
在就职典礼上，哈里斯特意穿上由色彩设计师据一名助手透露，克里斯托弗·约翰·罗杰斯和塞尔吉奥·哈德森。罗杰斯是路易斯安那州巴吞鲁日的一名年轻黑人设计师，他设计了哈里斯在宣誓仪式上穿的那件充满活力的紫色外套和裙子，现在住在纽约。创造了副总统夜间服装的哈德森也是来自南卡罗来纳州的黑人设计师。
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副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯和她的丈夫道格·埃姆霍夫波为前副总统米
白宫在线包容性
白宫网站修改了联系方式，增加了包含性别的代词和前缀选项，包括“他们/他们”和中性前缀“Mx”。
“我们国家新的一天已经开始。我们许多人奋斗了几十年的支持平等的未来比以往任何时候都更近，”人权运动主席阿方索·大卫在赞扬拜登-哈里斯政府时说。“从他创造历史的人事决策到我们期望他在头100天发布的政策，拜登总统已经明确表示，他计划在第一天为LGBTQ人民和所有美国人提供服务。”
How Inauguration Day celebrated firsts and historic and inclusive moments
OnInauguration Day, many Americans who have been ostracized or felt forgotten seemed finally able to begin a new chapter. In a matter of hours, Americans who haven't felt seen were able to see a celebration of diversity and firsts in a historic and solemn setting.
American presidents have long pledged to govern the whole of the United States of America, but many people still remained at the margins.
During President Joe Biden's inauguration, it was less about what he said than about the people he put center stage, including Vice President Kamala Harris, the first woman and woman of color elected into the White House, and Amanda Gorman, theyoungest inaugural poet.
The celebration of diversity was unlike anything seen from the country's leadership in recent years.
Here are a few examples of the historic -- and inclusive -- day:
Vice President Kamala Harris
Harris made history on Wednesday, becoming the first woman vice president, first Black vice president and first vice president ofSouth Asian heritage.
A graduate of the historically Black Howard University, Harris' alma mater honored her with 49 bell tolls, commemorating her becoming the 49th vice president. The school's marching band was also featured as an escort in the parade, as was "Lift Every Voice and Sing," often referred to as the Black national anthem.
Harris' first name means "lotus flower," which is a powerful symbol in Indian culture. She has spoken about how a lotus grows underwater but rises above the surface while its roots are planted firmly in the river bottom. She also said she has strong pride in those roots. Her grandfather, P.V. Gopalan, was a senior diplomat in the Indian government. Harris said she learned a lot about service through him and her parents.
"It's a matter of great pride, great joy. Someone of Indian descent, the whole community is uplifted," said Ajay Bhutoria, vice chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee. "Now I can look up and say to my kids, 'Hey, if you work hard, and play by the rules, you could be VP one day and maybe president in the future.'"
Sign language
Andrea Hall, the president of IAFF Local 3920 in Georgia and the first Black woman to be named captain of her fire department in South Fulton County, Georgia, recited the Pledge of Allegiance in sign language.
Amanda Gorman
Amanda Gormancaptivated viewersas she recited her original poem "The Hill We Climb," at the inaugural ceremony.
In an interview on Thursday with "Good Morning America," Gorman, the youngest inaugural poet in history, at 22, also revealed that like Biden, she also had to work to overcome a speech impediment.
"President Biden has been super open about his stutter," Gorman told "GMA," saying that her own speech impediment wasn't a stutter, "but it was dropping several letters that I just could not say for years."
"Most specifically the 'R' sound, which it would take until probably I was 20 to say -- meaning that I couldn't say words like 'poetry' or even 'Gorman,' which is my last name," she added. "I had to really work at it and practice to get to where I am today."
Jennifer Lopez
"Una nación, bajo Dios, indivisible, con libertad y justicia para todos!" proclaimed the world-renowned singer during her inaugural performance -- a prominent display of Spanish during one of the most consequential events in American history. Her words translate to: "One nation, under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all."
Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Sotomayor is the first Latina Supreme Court justice toconduct a swearing-inat a presidential inauguration. Sotomayor, nominated by President Barack Obama in 2009, was also the first Hispanic to sit on the Supreme Court and the third woman.
New senators
Hours after the inaugural ceremony, Harrisadministered the oath of officeto Rev. Raphael Warnock, the first Black senator from Georgia, and Jon Ossoff, the first Jewish senator from the South since the 1880s.
Harris also swore in Democrat Alex Padilla, the former California secretary of state and first Latino senator from California, to fill her own Senate seat.
With Georgia's two new Democratic senators, Democrats took control of the evenly split Senate, as Harris will serve as the tie-breaking vote in her new role as president of the Senate.
New Oval Office decor
The Oval Office's interior design changed shortly after Biden's inauguration -- as it does with every new administration. The office, which previously displayed a portrait of former President Andrew Jackson -- infamous for his Native American removal policy -- now features portraits and busts of well-known American historical figures including civil rights leaders Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King Jr., as firstreportedby the Washington Post.
Prominently displayed behind the resolute desk is a bust of Mexican American labor leader Cesar Chavez, along with pictures of Biden's family.
Executive orders and government actions
Hours after taking the presidential oath, Biden signed more than a dozenexecutive actions, some of which were aimed at protecting human rights and immigration.
One executive order ended former President Donald Trump'sorder that banned peoplefrom certain countries from entering the United States, a move that was well-received among advocates. Trump instituted the ban after the promise on the 2016 campaign trail of a "total and complete shutdown" of the entry of Muslims into the United States "until our country's representatives can figure out what is going on," according to a statement released in 2015.
"We welcome the repeal of the Muslim Ban as a first step to redress the grave injustice, violence, discrimination, and hardships inflicted by the Trump administration toward Muslim Americans and Muslims around the world," said Basima Sisemore, a researcher for the Global Justice Program at the Othering & Belonging Institute.
Another instituted a policy that the government should pursue a "comprehensive approach to advancing equity for all, including people of color and others who have been historically underserved, marginalized and adversely affected by persistent poverty and inequality."
Derrick Johnson, president and CEO of the NAACP, praised the Biden-Harris administration for "addressing racial justice" Thursday.
Another order addressed the controversy over immigration enforcement on the Southern border and another calling for the Department of Homeland Security to suspend the "remain in Mexico" policy for asylum seekers.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, the largest immigrant rights organization in California, praised Biden for the immigration initiatives.
"This is our best chance to achieve a just society, fully inclusive of immigrants," Angelica Salas, CHIRLA's executive director, said in a written statement.
Fashion with a purpose
At the inauguration, Harris dressed with purpose by wearing outfits created bydesigners of colorChristopher John Rogers and Sergio Hudson, according to an aide. Rogers, who designed the vibrant purple coat and dress worn by Harris at the swearing-in ceremony, is a young Black designer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who now lives in New York. Hudson, who created the vice president's nighttime ensemble, is also a Black designer from South Carolina.
White House online inclusivity
The White House website revised its contact form by adding gender-inclusive pronoun and prefix options including "they/them" and the gender-neutral prefix of "Mx."
"A new day has begun in our nation. The pro-equality future so many of us fought for decades is closer than ever before," Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David said when praising the Biden-Harris administration. "From his history-making personnel decisions to the policies we expect him to release in his first 100 days, President Biden has made clear he plans on delivering for LGBTQ people and all Americans on Day One."
