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[ [link removed] ]Urge Congress to pass the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act! Sign now >>

People For Member,

Racism is a public health crisis.

For centuries, structural racism in the United States has harmed Black and
brown communities and served as a major barrier to health equity. Racism
leads to worse health outcomes for Black and brown patients than their
white counterparts. And the coronavirus pandemic has highlighted these
vast disparities. Death rates due to COVID-19 are the highest among Black
and Indigenous people, followed by Pacific Islanders and Latinx people.

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 FAR too long. That’s why we
need Congress to pass the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act right away –
millions of lives are at stake right now.

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition: Demand Congress pass the Anti-Racism in Public
Health Act to address racism in our health care system! >>

Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Barbara Lee and Senator Elizabeth
Warren reintroduced the Anti-Racism in Public Health Act 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.

This is particularly vital to address right now, while the COVID-19
pandemic is still ravaging our communities nationwide. Black and brown
people who get infected are more likely to have pre-existing conditions
that increase their risk of severe illness, and because they are more
likely to be uninsured, they tend to put off seeking treatment and require
more urgent care when they do seek it out. On top of that, people of color
tend to receive less aggressive treatment and are being vaccinated at much
lower rates than white Americans.

[ [link removed] ]Tell Congress to address racism in our health care system
IMMEDIATELY! >>

The health of people of color has been devastated by widespread racism in
our healthcare system for far too long. We need to immediately fix the
unacceptable racist disparities in health care.

In solidarity,

Sarah, Digital Campaigns Associate

 

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