Florida’s Office of Minority Health and Equity Health is exactly the sort of program that Ron DeSantis would typically rail against. He functionally doubled the office’s budget.
“Systemic racism has come to the forefront, and with it the deep-rooted issues surrounding social justice as it relates to health, especially for the Black community,” Dr. Owen Quinonez wrote in the op-ed, which focused on minimizing racial disparities among tobacco users.
One of the 2021 law’s architects—Kyaien Conner, a researcher at the University of Southern Florida—also addressed “structural racism” in a statement applauding the bill.
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