Jennifer Fernandez. News & Record – A state senator from Greensboro has joined other Democrats in pushing back after the lieutenant governor said there is no systemic racism in the United States and it shouldn’t be included in school history lessons as proposed. “Systemic racism is very real,” Sen. Gladys Robinson said in a statement posted Friday on the N.C. Democratic Party website.

Democrats, including N.C. Sen. Gladys Robinson of Greensboro, push back on lieutenant governor’s comments that systemic racism doesn’t exist | Education | greensboro.com