Chicago mayor declares racism a public health crisis

[Copper]

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicago-mayor-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis

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."

The Chicago mayor said she was "doubling down" on both ongoing and new collaborations between city officials and community leaders to address racism in the Windy City.

Lightfoot said the city would be implementing a "will to act" initiative that will focus on addressing the impacts of historical policies like Jim Crow restrictions, redlining, and "other forms of financial and housing segregation and discrimination."

The city’s public health department said it will allocate nearly $10 million in coronavirus relief funds from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to establish six Healthy Chicago Equity Zones that will encompass the entire city.

"The launch of the Healthy Chicago Equity Zones is an extension of the racial and health equity work implemented by community leaders, public health entities, city government, and health institutions," said Ayesha Jaco, executive director of West Side United, a community-based initiative for Chicago’s western neighborhoods.

You people without color are awful.

Please, just stop.

[89th]

Yea Chicago is racist, says the black mayor elected by Chicago residents.

[LuFins Dad]

I’d say black people killing black people is a much larger public health crisis in Chicago.

[Horace]

When this makes no measurable difference whatsoever, it will once again prove how nearly insurmountable systemic racism is - which reinforces the raw courage of those still committed to the fight against it.

[George K]

@89th said in Chicago mayor declares racism a public health crisis:

Yea Chicago is racist, says the THIRD black mayor elected by Chicago residents.

Completed it for you.