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"The mission of DHS is unclear to people inside and outside"
The first of three video clips of a meeting between Inquirer editors and reporters and the authors of a report offering solutions to the crisis at Philadelphia's Department of Human Services.
Among the speakers are:
-- Carol Wilson Spigner, Associate Professor, University of Pennsylvania School of Policy and Practice
-- Arthur Evans, acting commissioner, Philadelphia Dept. of Human Services
-- Cindy Christman, M.D., Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
-- Fred Wulczyn, University of Chicago Chapin Hall Center for Children
-- Marc Cherna, Allegheny County Dept. of Human Services
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John L. Jackson, Jr., an associate professor of anthropology and communications at Penn, says African Americans live with a constant suspicion about racism in their daily lives.
But while politically correct talk once ensured that African Americans would be free of verbal intimidation, Jackson says that mentality has stifled "any honest discussions about race."
But while politically correct talk once ensured that African Americans would be free of verbal intimidation, Jackson says that mentality has stifled "any honest discussions about race."
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