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Following similar moves in cities around US, Mayor Lori Lightfoot declares systemic racism a public health crisis in Chicago

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“When we think about racism, many of us think about its visible and audible forms,” Lightfoot said. “But the reality is, the insidious nature of systemic racism has other impacts that are every bit as deep and harmful but are often ones we can’t see, like impacts on the psyche and other impacts on our bodies that are just as, if not more, deadly.”

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