I am so sorry that once again Black & Brown people are catching more hell than everyone else. I have been encouraged by the fact that this deadly deja vu is forcing those in power to say words like "health disparities" and "racial inequity". What is annoying, however, is that those words are followed by confusion about why this is happening. What I would like those words to be followed by are statements about "systemic racism" as one of a long list of "social determinants of health" that are the cause of these disturbing statistics during a pandemic or not. Instead, I am concerned that this will once again lead to a discussion of the genetic and moral failings of people of color to keep themselves from getting sick and dying. This thought process will continue to absolve society from acknowledging, and taking responsibility for correcting the social injustices that are the real cause of illness and death.
Thank you for your work. I came here to learn, and I appreciate you offering the opportunity to do so. I am struggling very much with the racial disparity in the impact of COVID-19. It's confounding and frustrating. I have "known" of it ("it" being systemic racism), but seeing how this is playing out in terms of life and death has further motivated me to learn how to help. I live in MI, and I have seen our state's racial statitics for COVID-19. Do you know if counties are tracking/providing the data?
Sticking up for your family and your culture is honorable. But can you please explain this idea of systemic racism when one of your own is saying Black people are not taking this as seriously? I could talk more about the poverty statistics, but first and most importantly is doing the simple thing by listening to the suggested guidelines to stay at home and be cautious. On this video, he clearly states as a Black man our black communities are thinking this is a white people disease. It affected Chinese people first and foremost. And if anything, Chinese descendants are taking the most of the racial bullying.
I am so sorry that once again Black & Brown people are catching more hell than everyone else. I have been encouraged by the fact that this deadly deja vu is forcing those in power to say words like "health disparities" and "racial inequity". What is annoying, however, is that those words are followed by confusion about why this is happening. What I would like those words to be followed by are statements about "systemic racism" as one of a long list of "social determinants of health" that are the cause of these disturbing statistics during a pandemic or not. Instead, I am concerned that this will once again lead to a discussion of the genetic and moral failings of people of color to keep themselves from getting sick and dying. This thought process will continue to absolve society from acknowledging, and taking responsibility for correcting the social injustices that are the real cause of illness and death.
Thank you for your work. I came here to learn, and I appreciate you offering the opportunity to do so. I am struggling very much with the racial disparity in the impact of COVID-19. It's confounding and frustrating. I have "known" of it ("it" being systemic racism), but seeing how this is playing out in terms of life and death has further motivated me to learn how to help. I live in MI, and I have seen our state's racial statitics for COVID-19. Do you know if counties are tracking/providing the data?
Gave you a quick shout out in my blog this morning. Thank you for articulating this so well. Sincerely, a big fan :)
Sticking up for your family and your culture is honorable. But can you please explain this idea of systemic racism when one of your own is saying Black people are not taking this as seriously? I could talk more about the poverty statistics, but first and most importantly is doing the simple thing by listening to the suggested guidelines to stay at home and be cautious. On this video, he clearly states as a Black man our black communities are thinking this is a white people disease. It affected Chinese people first and foremost. And if anything, Chinese descendants are taking the most of the racial bullying.
https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/07/us/face-masks-ethnicity-coronavirus-cdc-trnd/index.html