Peeling back this pandemic's layers of inequality

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“Leaders have to rise and these systemic, economic and health inequities need to be dealt with. What we don't want to do is just do a paper-over fix,” National Urban League President Marc Morial says about addressing the disparity of coronavirus cases.

Here's data straight from state websites as of Tuesday: In South Carolina, black Americans account for 56% of deaths, though the state's entire population is just 27% black. While black Americans represent 15% of Illinois' population, they account for 42% of deaths there. In Louisiana, 59% of people who've died from the disease are black, a group that makes up only one-third of the state's population.

For example, because this is also a disproportionately low-income population, you find many people working in professions where they really have no opportunity to work from home. Many are essential health care workers who go to work not only because they have jobs that require them to do so, but because they very much need the income.When they go to work, they put themselves at risk -- and they may inadvertently put their families at risk, too.

 

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Compare Mark Price's shopping cart at age 30 to any Urban Families. Looked like a geek, ate like All-NBA.......you are the booze and chips you dip.....come on Fisk University Henchman, come up with a song, sing alomg with cnn, whitey needs guilt, even though we been voting for...

If I get covid19 can I punch a notch on my black card?

Never have I ever heard such stupidity The Coronavirus is now racist Bad health makes one subsitiable to anything Hypertension Diabetes Kidney problems etc... Health inequalities OK 2 sister with diabetes not of color

Ugh. I'll be damned if I take guidance from the likes of him.

This is like the end of Planet of the Apes....they can look for the reasons but they're not going to like what they find.

Think it is Medicare for All's time. And it may be only a matter of time. How is the current system a just system for regular people? Lose your job, and you lose your family's health care. Then it's cross your fingers and hope you don't need a doctor.

Government has tried paying off everyone with a perceived inequity for the last 50 years and it hasn't solved a thing. It instead has increased the number of people seeking handouts. Govt. is doling out money to 1 out of 2 Americans and DEMOCRATS think this can go on forever.

NO gays are

Black Americans should get more money then. But we won't.

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