How systemic racism led to COVID-19’s rapid spread among people of color | USA TODAY

How racist policies led to COVID-19 inequities.
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Racist policies have led to COVID-19 being more dangerous and deadly for Black, Latino, Asian and Indigenous Americans than for white Americans.

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24 comments

  1. Wow always blaming other things. I see every day large gatherings of people of color with no masks. Thats not racism

  2. This is the same media that never once suggested that people could be at greater risk for getting covid while protesting. The same media that encouraged protests in fact!

  3. This has got so ridiculous, that it’s bewildering how people don’t realize we are literally living in a communist utopia.

  4. You guys are really reaching now huh? You’ve outlined that there is a disparate impact on black peoples but have zero actual evidence that it’s a product of racism… just the same tired talking points. This is why nobody trusts the media.

  5. What’s race has to do with getting sick? Media and small-minded Americans Blame everything on “systemic” racism, COVID and Trump. OMG! That’s all I heard in 2020. And I’m not even a white person.

    1. I mostly agree – but there are genetic diseases that are race-specific, like sickle-cell anemia, cystic fibrosis, Tay-Sachs disease, etc. How they could be called racist, though, is beyond me.

    2. @The Masked Avenger How about “ What’s race has to do with infectious diseases?” Are bacteria’s, viruses partial to color of the skin?

  6. Think it may have been all the crowd gathering at the protests instead of social distancing and staying safe?

  7. Who knew a virus – something that’s not even alive – could be racist? I think we all need a comprehensive list of everything in the world that’s racist so we don’t offend others.

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