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US city declares racism public health crisis
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Washington, July 22 (TIWN) Erin Mendenhall, Mayor of Salt Lake City in the US state of Utah, has declared racism a public health crisis.
"This is an important declaration for us to make as a City," Mendenhall said in a statement released on Wednesday. "Not only are we publicly acknowledging the existence of a grave inequity that many in our community have known and experienced for so long, we are also committing ourselves to the creation of policies and ordinances that are anti-racist," Mendenhall said. The declaration came a day after Mendenhall adopted a joint resolution with the city council on Tuesday night, reports Xinhua news agency.
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