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Supervisors Fletcher, Vargas: Racism is health crisis in county


SAN DIEGO   
The county Board of Supervisors will examine whether its policies, programs and practices perpetuate racism under a proposal by Chair Nathan Fletcher and Vice Chair Nora Vargas.
The proposal going before the board next Tuesday identifies racism as a health crisis because it is linked to diseases and other physical ailments, the two supervisors said in a remote press conference Tuesday attended by representatives of several health and community groups.
“By declaring racism a public health crisis, we are acknowledging the reality that racism underpins the health inequities that we see throughout our society,” Fletcher said.
Vargas said the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed inequities in health care, but such inequities exist in many other areas. ....

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