The commission is holding a listening session at 6 p.m. Wednesday over Zoom. Anyone can attend. Written By: Andee Erickson | ×
With other members of the Duluth Human Rights Commission behind her, commission chairwoman Bettina Keppers speaks at the Tuesday, April 13, 2021, news conference on police violence outside Duluth City Hall. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
Two days after a Brooklyn Center police officer fatally shot Daunte Wright, the city of Duluth s Human Rights Commission is calling on the community to listen to and validate Black, Indigenous and people of color when they speak about their experiences. If we choose to not listen to BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, people of color) folks sharing their experiences and trusting their truth, we are choosing the side of the oppressor, said Bettina Keppers, chairperson of the committee. We are actively allowing a system built on racialized violence to continue to tear apart our communities and our fe
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