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From YouTube: Councilwoman Reynolds Brown Speaks on her resolution regarding Implicit Bias Training 4-19-2018
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From the Stated Meeting of Philadelphia City Council held Thursday, April 19, 2018:
Councilwoman Blondell Reynolds Brown (At Large) speaks on a resolution she introduced earlier in the session calling for hearings on the effectiveness of implicit bias and racial equity training for employees of the City of Philadelphia. http://bit.ly/2qL6uHf
A
This
morning,
I,
along
with
councilman,
Kenyatta,
Johnson
and
chair
of
the
committee
on,
was
that
committee
help
me
out.
Labor
and
civil
service
councilman
Schewel
Parker,
coupled
with
co-sponsorship
by
members,
Jim
and
green,
have
also
a
resolution,
because,
given
the
song,
we've
been
singing
for
the
last
20
plus
years,
diversity
and
inclusion
is
still
not
well
in
the
city
of
Philadelphia.
The
expulsion,
arrest
and
detainment
of
two
african-american
men
at
Starbucks
and
Philadelphia
last
week,
never
should
have
happened.
We
know
that
discrimination
amongst
black
and
brown
people
women
happens
all
the
time.
A
It
happens,
because
this
country
suffers
from
a
history
of
inequality
and
racism
from
slavery.
The
Jim
Crow
it
happens
because
the
biases
of
stereotypes
created
in
our
history,
like
the
movie
Birth
of
a
Nation,
still
live
with
us
today
profoundly.
It
is
because
of
this
history
that
we
end
up
with
a
neighborhood
where
to
F
where
african-americans
are
3%
of
the
residents.
A
We
need
to
look
at
how
well
we're
not
doing
in
this
area
so
clearly,
it
is
now
now
time
for
City,
Council
and
the
city
of
Philadelphia
to
again
lead
by
example,
by
doing
two
things:
let's
first
evaluate
best
practices
that
work
look
to
see
how
effective
they
are
with
regards
to
trainings
in
the
area
of
implicit
bias
and
racial
equity,
and
then
look
to
see
what
we
can
adopt
as
a
city
so
that
we
can
lead
by
example,
or
from
the
state
going
forward.
Thank
You.
Mr.
president,
Thank
You
Councilwoman.