Racializing COVID-19 Session 2: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (June 18, 2020)

COVID-19’s Disproportionate Impact on African American, Latinx, and Indigenous Communities

Early data indicate that members of indigenous, African American, and Latinx communities are disproportionately represented in positive COVID-19 cases and deaths. This session discusses the role of structural inequities in health care, employment, and housing and its impact on minoritized communities in the age of COVID-19.