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Date: May 29 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: APHA Media Relations, 202-777-3913
Statement from APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin, MD
“I can’t breathe.”
With those last words, George Floyd, an unarmed, handcuffed black man, died this
week after being pinned down by a white Minneapolis police officer, an atrocious
action that has sparked outrage throughout the nation.
We raise our voices, too, horrified, stunned and angered.
We are appalled but are not surprised by the despicable way Floyd was killed. We
weep for the man, his family and a country that continues to allow this to
happen. We also join in the chorus for justice and ring the alarm to all
Americans. Racism is a longstanding systemic structure in this country that must
be dismantled, through brutally honest conversations, policy changes and
practices.
Racism attacks people’s physical and mental health. And racism is an ongoing
public health crisis that needs our attention now!
We see discrimination every day in all aspects of life, including housing,
education, the criminal justice system and employment. And it is amplified
during this pandemic as communities of color face inequities in everything from
a greater burden of COVID-19 cases to less access to testing, treatment and
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Americans cannot be silent about this.
As Martin Luther King, Jr. observed, “The ultimate tragedy is not the oppression
and cruelty by the bad people but the silence over that by the good people.”
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