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This concurrent resolution declares that systemic racism and structures of racial discrimination constitute a public health crisis that is magnified by the disproportionately high impact of COVID-19 on communities of color which affects the entire state of Missouri and the General Assembly supports local, state, regional, and federal initiatives to understand, address, and dismantle systemic racism and its impact on the delivery of services. The General Assembly, in this resolution, requests federal funding be distributed equitably based upon the percentages of members of the Black, Indigenous, and other persons of color (BIPOC) communities to address issues that disproportionately impact Black, Indigenous, and other persons of color in direct proportion to their disadvantages by individual racial category.