U.S : RACISM is a PUBLIC HEALTH CRISIS (action needed).

 

 

 

Dear friend, sign the petition: Demand Congress pass the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act and address racism in our health care systems.             SIGN THE PETITION Racism is a public health crisis -- structural racism in the United States has served as a major barrier to health equity. People of color have higher rates of diabetes, hypertension, and heart disease than other groups, and Black children have a 500% higher death rate from asthma compared with white children. Black women are nearly four times as likely to die of pregnancy-related causes than white women. Black people are six times as likely to be killed by police. Comprehensive research is needed to study the health impacts of structural racism and to develop race-conscious public health approaches and reverse disparities that have plagued our nation for too long.     Sign the petition: Congress must immediately address racism in public health.             SIGN THE PETITION             To help expand research and investment into the public health impacts of structural racism, as well as to require the federal government to begin actively developing anti-racist health policy, Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Barbara Lee reintroduced the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act. This bill would create a "National Center for Anti-Racism" at the CDC to declare racism as the public health crisis that it is and further develop the research base and knowledge in the science and practice of anti-racism. Additionally, it would create a Law Enforcement Violence Prevention Program. The health of people of color has been devastated by widespread racism in our healthcare system for far too long. We need to immediately address the unacceptable racist disparities in health care.       Sign the petition: Demand Congress pass the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act.             SIGN THE PETITION                Thanks for all you do,         Erin Tulley, Daily Kos.                                   Daily Kos Relies on Readers Like You.     We don't have billionaire sugar daddies like some right-wing media outlets. Half our revenue comes from readers like you, meaning we literally couldn't do this work without you. Can you chip in $5 right now to help Daily Kos keep fighting ? Chip in $5 If you wish to donate by mail instead, please send a check to Daily Kos, PO Box 70036, Oakland, CA, 94612. Contributions to Daily Kos are not tax deductible.