When the coronavirus outbreak hit the United States in early 2020, public health officials in Milwaukee were among the first to notice its disturbing racial trend. That’s one of the benefits from declaring racism as a public health crisis.”Now in the wake of the police killing of George Floyd, a growing number of jurisdictions as well as major health organizations are acknowledging that racism is a detriment to public health. A growing movementThe American Medical Association, the American College of Emergency Physicians and the American Psychological Association have all declared institutional racism an urgent public health issue. Now we have to do something about it.”Solutions that stickPassing a resolution that declares racism a public health crisis is one thing. We need doctors and nurses, we need public health practitioners.