#Chicago mayor declares racism a public health crisis
Chicago will allocate nearly $10 million in COVID funds to help improve community living Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared racism a public health emergency Thursday, pointing to systematic racism as a leading factor in life expectancy discrepancies across the city.
Joined by the Chicago Department of Public Health, Lightfoot said there is a 9.2-year life expectancy gap between Black and non-Black Chicagoans.
"At almost every single point in our city's history, racism has taken a devastating toll on the health and well-being of our residents of color – especially those who are Black," Lightfoot said in a statement. "Without formally acknowledging this detrimental impact, we will never be able to move forward as a city and fully provide our communities with the resources they need to live happy and healthy lives."
Chicago will allocate nearly $10 million in COVID funds to help improve community living Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared racism a public health emergency Thursday, pointing to systematic racism as a leading factor in life expectancy discrepancies across the city.
Joined by the Chicago Department of Public Health, Lightfoot said there is a 9.2-year life expectancy gap between Black and non-Black Chicagoans.
"At almost every single point in our city's history, racism has taken a devastating toll on the health and well-being of our residents of color – especially those who are Black," Lightfoot said in a statement. "Without formally acknowledging this detrimental impact, we will never be able to move forward as a city and fully provide our communities with the resources they need to live happy and healthy lives."
09:00 PM - Jun 17, 2021
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Paul Robb
@Keeperoffools3
17 June, 09:36
In response audrey cooke to her Publication
Hey Beetlejuice, who you laundering that money to?? Black on Black murder isn’t racism, its the marxist utopia that you created
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Tmaga Amaga
@Tag456
17 June, 09:07
In response audrey cooke to her Publication
What the hell due covid funds have to do with it
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audrey cooke
@truthteller
17 June, 09:12
In response Tmaga Amaga to his Publication
nothing just another way of funneling money from the public purse
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