LinkLinksOpinion Vincent Gray in The Washington Informer: COVID-19 Highlights Racial Inequality By Editor On Apr 25, 2020 Last updated Apr 25, 2020 27 Share African Americans are dying from COVID-19 at rates well above non-Hispanic white residents. In the District, despite being less than 47 percent of the city’s population, over 75 percent of the residents who have died due to complications related to COVID-19 were African American. While the virus does not discriminate on the basis of race, our history of being slow or unwilling to ensure African Americans have equal health, food, and housing outcomes are the reasons coronavirus has had a devastating impact in every major city with a significant size African-American population. 27 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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