Is Racism a Public Health Crisis in Pittsburgh? One City Councilman Thinks So

A Pittsburgh city councilman wants to declare racism a public health crisis. On Thursday, councilman Ricky Burgess introduced a resolution calling racism a health crisis in Pittsburgh. He is basing this largely on a recent University of Pittsburgh study on racism. The study concluded that black people in Pittsburgh are far worse off here than in other comparable cities. The study revealed that on many benchmarks, including health, education, house, employment and life expectancy, there is a huge gap between white and black people in Pittsburgh. Burgess wants commissions to address racism and money to fund it.


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