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Maryland Senate health disparity bill loses mention of racism


Maryland Senate health disparity bill loses mention of racism
Ovetta Wiggins, The Washington Post
March 2, 2021
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1of3Maryland Sen. Delores G. Kelley, D-Baltimore County speaks on the Senate floor in 2017.Photo for The Washington Post by Doug KapustinShow MoreShow Less
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. - At first, the bill addressing the role of racism in health disparities in Maryland laid out the context plainly: Racism is rooted in the foundation of America, from the time chattel slavery began in the 1600s, to the Jim Crow era, to the declaration of the war on drugs that eventually led to the mass incarceration of Black people, and it has remained a presence in American society while subjecting Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to hardships and disadvantage ....

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