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SPECIAL ANALYSIS: This #coronavirus pandemic has laid bare the exclusion of whole subsets of the most vulnerable in our society, exemplifying the toxic mix of racism, sexism, imperialism, and capitalism that the #USA blends so well.
By: @ActivistEleanor
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By: @ActivistEleanor
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A Pew Research report from last year estimates that there are some 10.5 million undocumented people in the United States. Many, if not most of these folks, find seasonal or full-time subsistence wage jobs in industries we now deem “essential.”
#RacismIsAVirus #lockdown
#RacismIsAVirus #lockdown
They build families, pay taxes, contribute socially, politically, and economically to their new home places. They pay billions into a system that profits doubly off their labor: by excluding these workers from any federal, state, or local assistance.
#CapitalismKills #lockdown
#CapitalismKills #lockdown
Q: Are racial and ethnic minorities at a higher risk of dying from #COVID19?
A: Unfortunately, from the available data, African Americans and Hispanics are disproportionately represented among #COVIDー19 deaths in the US.
A: Unfortunately, from the available data, African Americans and Hispanics are disproportionately represented among #COVIDー19 deaths in the US.
At present, most states are not reporting on the racial and ethnic patterns. There are many social and structural pathways through which #racism contributes to worse outcomes among racial and ethnic minority groups:
🏙️social, socioeconomic and living circumstances increasing susceptibility to infection
⚕️ differential underlying health conditions
💉uneven access to testing, and
🏥discrimination in the health care system
all contribute to #COVID #inequality
⚕️ differential underlying health conditions
💉uneven access to testing, and
🏥discrimination in the health care system
all contribute to #COVID #inequality
If you wanna insist on calling it #ChineseVirus because it originated in China, then you’ll have to start using the following phrases to prove you’re not a racist cunt: Chinese paper, Chinese bricks, Chinese cast iron, Chinese toothbrush.. #RacismIsAVirus #coronavirus
Chinese lacquer, Chinese gunpowder, Chinese chopsticks, Chinese printer, Chinese dominoes, Chinese wrought iron, Chinese wrapping paper, Chinese toilet paper, Chinese tofu, Chinese teapot, Chinese tea, Chinese soy sauce, Chinese seismometer, Chinese rocket booster..
Chinese menu, Chinese porcelain, Chinese playing cards, Chinese pinhole camera, Chinese paper cup, Chinese match, Chinese kite, Chinese incense, Chinese hygrometer, Chinese gas cylinder, Chinese flare, Chinese fishing reel..
