Buncombe County officials grapple with racial equity amid pandemic
Racism is a public health crisis in Buncombe County. County health and government officials testified to that fact in a pair of resolutions passed this summer promising action to address glaring health inequities as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted those differences across the country. Six and eight months after those resolutions were signed, on the tail end of a spike in COVID-19 cases and during a once-in-a-generation vaccination effort, those on the front lines say it's a promising start, but there's still plenty to do. "We're looking at systemic change across all county government," sai...
Source: citizen-times.com