Milwaukee's outgoing health commissioner said she faced racism and received threats during her tenure—events she said contributed to her decision to resign last week.
Catch up on the developing stories making headlines.commissioner said she faced racism and received threats during her tenure -- events she said contributed to her decision to resign last week.
"So of course, with Milwaukee city and county declaring racism as a public health crisis, there's many people that rallied behind us for doing that, but there are still many people angry by that who feel they are under attack and their way of life is being threatened," she added.City of Milwaukee Health Commissioner Jeanette Kowalik holds a sign from the 1940s while speaking at a Public Safety and Health Committee meeting about coronavirus preparations, March 5, 2020, at City Hall.
"Like some other health officials across the country, I received threats of harm mailed to my office prior to COVID-19 and of course after -- among them many emails authored by far-right white supremacists," Kowalik wrote in an."As the only Black woman health officer in the state, the luster of being in the role wore off rather quickly. Mostly, I found myself praying that things wouldn't get any worse.
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett thanked her for her"hard" work in a statement after the announcement last week.
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