Despite their varied causes, the crowds protesting California’s stay-at-home orders have been almost entirely white — even in California, a state that mostly is not.
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Raucous protests in wealthy, coastal counties and at the state Capitol have, for many, highlighted racial and class disparities amid a pandemic that has killed more than 2,500 Californians — a disproportionate number of whom are black, Latino and poor. latimes.com/california/sto…
A Times analysis found blacks and Latinos under 50 are dying of coronavirus in significantly greater numbers than other groups, including whites. Possibly because many work in “essential” service jobs.
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In L.A.County, where nearly half of the state’s coronavirus cases are located, public health officials say residents of low-income communities are three times more likely to die of COVID-19 than those in wealthier neighborhoods. latimes.com/california/sto…
The overwhelmingly white makeup of the protests is not lost on people of color, some of whom see it as an overt display of privilege. This has been especially striking in California, where Latinos make up 40% of the population, outnumbering whites. 
