Joint Statement on Racism

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Published March 2, 2021

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The Community Health Equity Research Institute partnered with the Buffalo Center for Health Equity and the African American Health Equity Task Force during the summer of 2020 to release a joint statement on racism in response tothe murders ofAhmaud Aubery, Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, Sean Reed, Tony McDade and all otherswho have died at the hands of racism. This statement condemns racism, emphasizing that racism exists on an individual level but more importantly, racism exists in the institutions and structures of our society.It is time to beanti-racist and develop and implement an anti-racist agenda.Finally, we make specific recommendation regarding what each of us can do to become an anti-racist.