The ongoing coronavirus pandemic shed a stark light on the legacy of racism in the United States. Ongoing focus has primarily centered on health disparities between white Americans and Black Americans in particular – and rightly so. Black (and Latino) Americans were disproportionately affected by the pandemic, with Black citizens being three times more likely to get infected with the virus than white Americans. 1 Black and Latino patients were also dying at higher rates than white patients. 2 In fact, the pandemic shaved off three years of the average life expectancy of Black men, compared to eight-tenths of […]
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