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Local panel takes on racism, offers solutions
By Patrick Keck - [email protected]
Locals took part in a panel, put on by Ohio State University, on Tuesday night discussing what racism looks like in Portsmouth. Photo by Patrick Keck.
PORTSMOUTH Maureen Cadogan, Executive Director of Operation Safety Net and the Scioto County Homeless and Pandemic shelters, says she has lived with racism for as long as she can remember.
She recalls going to the grocery store with her grandmother as a toddler, where she was offered a bit of advice.
“When you go into the store, put your hands in your pockets and if you don’t have pockets, put your hands behind your back,” she said, detailing what her grandma told her. “Why would you tell a child that, just walking in a store?” ....

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