
Mensah M. Dean writes: “Black employees of the Free Library of Philadelphia have sent an open letter to management complaining that they are paid less than white colleagues, are subjected to routine racism, and are being asked to return to work Monday without a plan to keep them safe from the coronavirus. ‘We have determined that racial discrimination and disregard for black safety, success, prosperity, and life at the Free Library will no longer be tolerated,’ wrote the employees, who signed the letter as the Concerned Black Workers of The Free Library of Philadelphia.”