Earlier this month in the Atlantic magazine, Adam Serwer used Charles Mills’ theory of the American racial contract to explain the racism of the national response to COVID-19 as well as the killing of unarmed black people. Parts of that discussion are excerpted here. “Several weeks ago, Ahmaud Arbery went out and never came home. … [Read more…]
As of May 19, 2020, in the 40 states that report such information, African Americans were dying from COVID-19 at 2.4 times the rate of whites. This disparity is alarming and surprising to some Americans—as it should be. However, it is consistent with other matters of disease and death among African Americans. African Americans have … [Read more…]
African Americans die from COVID-19 at more than two and one-half times the rate of whites. We must bring more attention and effort towards reducing the number of deaths from COVID-19 in general and the significant disparity among African Americans in particular. Our heroes in the medical community are telling us what to do. First, … [Read more…]