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Friday, November 20, 2020

Yellow folks is a racist term, yet white folks isn't?

SACRAMENTO (CBS13) — During a meeting about systemic racism, Sacramento County Health Director Dr. Peter Beilenson used a racist term to describe Asian Americans. 

The Sacramento County Board of Supervisors declared racism a public health crisis during the in-person meeting Tuesday. While supporting the unanimous vote, Dr. Beilenson referred to Asians as “yellow folks.” 

“It’s a crucial thing we need to be doing to address the issues of the African American and brown and yellow folks in our country as well as the white folks,” Dr. Belienson said during the meeting.