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Racism is a public health crisis in Buncombe County. County health and government officials testified to that fact in a pair of resolutions passed this summer promising action to address glaring health inequities as the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted those differences across the country. Six and eight months after those resolutions were signed, on the tail end of a spike in COVID-19 cases and during a once-in-a-generation vaccination effort, those on the front lines say it s a promising start, but there s still plenty to do. We re looking at systemic change across all county government, said Stoney Blevins, Buncombe County Health and Human Services Director, who also noted that in July, the county s Justice Resource Advisory Council proclaimed racism a public safety emergency as well, a month before every county commissioner voted in favor of their resolution.

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