Ayanna Pressley Says Racism Is A Public Health Problem That’s Killing People

Ayanna Pressley Says Racism Is A Public Health Problem That’s Killing People

Is systemic racism killing people in the United States of America?

U.S. Representative Ayanna Pressley (D-Dorchester) says it is.

Make Unequal Racial Outcomes Unconstitutional, State Legislator Says
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Make Unequal Racial Outcomes Unconstitutional, State Legislator Says

Matthew McDonald

A Massachusetts state legislator wants to make unequal outcomes by race and other categories a violation of the state constitution that would prompt action by the state government.

The proposed constitutional amendment would add sexual orientation to the currently protected classes of sex, race, color, creed, and national origin and add a sentence after that stating:  "Persistent unequal outcomes among such categories shall constitute inequality under the law and shall thereby be unconstitutional."

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