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Letter to the Editor: 'Cronyism is often accomplished behind closed doors'
When local governments are accused of cronyism, the accusation is based on a perception that friends and associates of the leaders received special treatment or favoritism. Cronyism occurs within a network of insiders who confer favors on one another.
Letter to the Editor: 'It is really hard for the average citizen to identify racism perpetrated by elected officials'
Racism takes many forms. Systemic or institutional racism is one of the most insidious and hard to root out. Some people think that racism is overt hatred toward people of a different race, which overlooks the laws, policies, and practices that have caused significant racial inequities such as pay gaps based on race. The race-based pay gap is real especially among college educated individuals according to information from the Economic Policy Institute.
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