County Health Director Tim Monroe said that while minorities gained legal equality through civil rights legislation, they did not gain much in terms of wealth. He added, "To be a player, you have to have some money. You have to control some wealth or have the ability to gather some wealth. The injustices are still there 45 years after the civil rights movement. We have to ask ourselves as a community if that is OK."
The report also called for increasing voter registration among minorities to give them a greater say in shaping public policies.
Source-Kaiser Family Foundation
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