Refugees from around the world worked at the Smithfield pork factory in Sioux Falls. Now they face mounting illness and the sudden loss of their jobs. An immigrant from El Salvador bought a three-bedroom home with a basement for her family. A single mother from Ethiopia sent her daughters to college. A refugee from Sudan […]
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DJ Jazzy Jeff forgot 10 days of his life due to coronavirus | The St. Louis American
DJ Jazzy Jeff forgot 10 days of his life due to coronavirus. The 55-year-old DJ is sure he had the virus recently, as he was battling a high temperature and lost his sense of smell and taste. Speaking to Will Smith for his new Snapchat series, ‘Will From Home’, said: “I came home from my […]
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Black health experts say surgeon general’s comments reflect lack of awareness of black community | NBC News
“The Adams statement is, at best, irresponsible and, at worst, reflective of systemic structural racism.” Black health care professionals are offering unsolicited advice for Surgeon General Jerome Adams after his much-publicized remarks about “drugs, tobacco and alcohol” and “big momma” related to the black community and the coronavirus: Watch your mouth. At least that’s the view […]
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The pathology of American racism is making the pathology of the coronavirus worse | The Washington Post
Covid-19 is disproportionately killing black people because the whole system is worse for us. Black America is ground zero for covid-19. Alarming health department statistics from cities and counties in the Carolinas, Illinois, Louisiana, Michigan, New Jersey, New York and Wisconsin show that black people are getting sicker and dying at higher rates from the novel coronavirus than white people. Although the federal government hasn’t yet […]
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Echols: All St. Louis COVID-19 deaths have been African Americans | St. Louis Post-Dispatch
ST. LOUIS — Officials said Wednesday that all of the people in the city who’ve died from complications related to COVID-19 were African American. There have been 12 people in St. Louis who have died as of Wednesday. The city now has more than 480 cases of people infected with the coronavirus. “If you look at […]
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United Negro College Fund Mobilizes to Aid Struggling HBCUs and Students During COVID-19 Crisis | Good Black News
Recently, The United Negro College Fund worked in concert with several organizations, institutions, and elected representatives to secure $1 Billion in funds for Historically Black Colleges and Universities from the $2Trillion stimulus relief package passed by Congress and signed by Donald Trump in response to the COVID-19 crisis. Getting those funds to those in present need, however, is another story. So […]
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Black People Have Been the Only Ones to Die From COVID-19 in St. Louis: Report | The Root
Recent reports have shown that coronavirus is infecting and killing black people at a disproportionately high rate. In St. Louis, city officials announced Wednesday that all of their COVID-19-related deaths have been black people. According to St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as of Wednesday, the city has over 480 confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and all 12 people who have died […]
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How racism and poverty made Detroit a new coronavirus hot spot | Vox
The rising death toll, disproportionately among black residents, has led Michigan to create a racial disparities task force. An aunt, an uncle, and a cousin have tested positive for coronavirus, says Cassandra Spratling. A friend’s husband died. Her brother’s friend, like her aunt and uncle, is hospitalized. “I’m almost afraid, I almost hate turning on […]
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The Coronavirus Doesn’t Have a Race Problem—America’s Systems Do | Cosmopolitan
This country’s institutions treat Blackness like the most toxic comorbidity of all. I have asthma.” Growing up in my beloved St. Louis, I thought this might be the most common middle name for Black kids like me. Brittany “I have asthma” Packnett. We were strong in numbers. It just seemed like a fact of life. […]
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Bronx Assemblywoman returns to nursing on frontlines of coronavirus battle | New York Post
A Bronx state lawmaker who used to work as a nurse has ditched her business attire for a pair of scrubs to join healthcare workers on the frontlines of the coronavirus battle. “When you become a nurse you take an oath to help people. How can I not help at a time like this?” Assemblywoman Karines […]
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