Hennepin Healthcare apologizes 4 blackface photos
Amid Calls For Firings And Training, Hennepin Healthcare Apologizes For Blackface Photos
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- MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — A Hennepin County commissioner is calling for terminations at Hennepin Healthcare following the surfacing of photos with employees in blackface.
- READ MORE: Journey Inside A Bear's Den In Northern Minnesota The Hennepin County Association of Paramedics and EMTs also released a statement via Facebook, calling the photos unacceptable.
- The union is pressing for “cutting-edge, high-fidelity training on anti-racism and the effects of historical trauma on all staff,” a “full throated” apology for the incident and a plan to increase diversity.
- Hennepin Healthcare also addressed the controversy and acknowledged the existence of the blackface photos in a statement released Wednesday.
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