George W. Bush

Personal context

Summary

George W. Bush is a former U.S. president whose post-presidential creative work includes portraits of military veterans and immigrants. In Out of Many, One, he said he aimed to humanize immigration and highlighted immigrants’ contributions; he has also publicly described immigration as a national strength. In 2017, he condemned racial bigotry and white supremacy, and in 2020 he called the treatment of African Americans a “shocking failure” and urged the country to examine its failures after George Floyd’s killing. His public record includes these statements on immigration and race, but no DEI roles, activist affiliations, or campaign endorsements in recent presidential elections.