Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele signed a resolution on Monday declaring racism and discrimination a public health crisis in the area. “Everybody has been reading and hearing about the same set of statistics in Milwaukee for decades,” Abele said. “We lead in an unfortunate way the racial disparities in employment,…
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Archived: Wisconsin Bigot Eruption Continues
By Sheryl Estrada The same week Wisconsin Republican lawmaker Bob GannoninsultedMilwaukee’s Black community, U.S. Congressman Sean Duffy (R-Wis.) took tothe House floor to criticize the abortion rates for Black women. Last week, Duffy, who may be weary of hearing about injustices against Blacks, scolded the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC)for not…
Archived: Wisconsin Lawmaker Suggests State Would Thrive If It Weren’t For Blacks
A Wisconsin state lawmaker released a statement on Wednesday titled “Murder, Mayhem and Jobs,” in which he essentially blames Milwaukee’s Black residents for the state’s woes. Amidst the recent news that Wisconsin’s workforce development agency said it received notices of more than 10,100 layoffs in 2015, the highest amount since…