Posted on 07/31/2020 8:47:42 PM PDT by Mount Athos
Colorado is declaring racism a public health crisis after employees inside the state's Department of Public Health and Environment put pressure on its top health official to address the issue.
Jill Hunsaker Ryan, the executive director of the department, told The Denver Post that the stance would become formal policy within the department.
The declaration aligns Colorado with the American Public Health Association (APHA), which first declared systemic racism in the U.S. a public health crisis back at the beginning of June — shortly after Minneapolis police killed George Floyd, a Black man.
In making the declaration, Hunsaker Ryan said that she has a couple of goals: Increase diversity among the department's workforce and make it easier for local organizations that serve people of color to partner with the state. Currently, the department is nearly 78 percent white, the Post says.
Additionally, the APHA has declared police violence as a public health crisis.
"We also condemn police violence against community residents who have expressed frustration and despair over day-to-day racism," it said in its June statement. "This racism, while far too commonplace in our health care system, in housing, in employment and beyond, has rocked this nation and is tantamount to a public health crisis."
Municipalities in 19 states, including California, Pennsylvania and Texas, have also declared racism a public health crisis.
Colorado joins Wisconsin as states that have formally made declarations about systemic racism. Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers (D) made the declaration on June 4, the same day as the APHA.
Science marches on.
Well that should fix it. Don’t forget to declare war on it also. That worked really well on drugs and poverty.
Remember back when some people used to be poor and some people used to use drugs?
Yep, THE Party of science.
Insanity.
Colorado hasn’t been quite right since thy legalized marijuana
..... What they actually mean by the term .... “Racism” ..... Is ..... “White People” ......
Yeah, racism by blacks on whites is a real crisis. All those assaults, muggings, robberies and rapes, committed by blacks on whites. Too bad the media isn’t doing anything about stopping it.
more white people and trump supporters are gettign the crap beat out of them than black folks are getting pummeled by white folks these days- black on black crimes are growing wildly- but by golly- only ‘white racists’ are called out despite there not being near the incidents of violence that blm and antifa have been perpetrating lately
All white demoncrats must give up their jobs immediately to minorities.
ya know.. conservative blacks... republican blacks.. are not full of hate and seeking revenge.. the ones who are.. the ones who are looting burning, destroying... are either nothing or lib dems... and they voted for the dems who has not done a thing to help them.
they want to try to lay blame on Trump or anyone, for their misery.. look at the dem party.. they are the reason they tore into the cities.. it isnt the police... your problem is voting for democrats ... they wont help you out of the pit.. they havent in all this time.. they dont care
I’m sure so much is accomplished by these declarations. Let me know when they “cure” it.
I declare liberal fascism to be a mental health crisis.
Also, emergency legislation will be passed to define the weather as nice on every day of the year. To say otherwise obviously indicates bias and malice toward the differently-comfortabled.
Department of Public Health and Environment? Sounds like the title is missing a line to follow it,
“Yes we spend your tax dollars on this.”
Oh goody. Now whites can claim disability because of the racism.
Colorado should also declare liberalism a mental health disorder.
I’m declaring Colorado Democrats not only a public health problem, but an epidemic, a plague on humanity and an existential threat to world freedom.
Ah, this way the executive can declare policy and punishment without wasting the time of the legislative or the judicial.
Very efficient.
“Jill” looks an awful lot like the Pennsylvania Health Commissioner. Do they suffer the same affliction?
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