Editorial: Ohio GOP lawmakers lacking in empathy, leadership
By The Dispatch Editorial Board
Posted at 4:30 AM
In a steady stream of cluelessness, Ohio’s Republican legislators continue to clearly demonstrate why their entire caucus is in need of serious diversity and sensitivity training.
The latest embarrassment comes courtesy of Sen. Steve Huffman of Tipp City, who suggested, by way of asking a question, that “the colored population do not wash their hands as well as other groups.”
Wrong on so many levels, it is especially egregious that Huffman’s comment came in a hearing on whether the state should follow the lead of county and city officials and declare racism a public health crisis. Local officials have recognized, to their credit, that discrimination against people of color in such social determinates as housing, income, education and access to medical care culminates in poor health outcomes.
Huffman has no excuse for being so naïve; professionally, he is an emergency room physician. Absent a strong moral compass, his medical training should have taught him that people in poverty struggle to achieve good health that others take for granted, making them more susceptible to illness and death from COVID-19.
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https://www.dispatch.com/opinion/20200613/editorial-ohio-gop-lawmakers-lacking-in-empathy-leadership
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