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I watched this and I’m so angry—so many Black people are going to die because for centuries we’ve ignored the compounding effects of racism. https://twitter.com/cbsnews/status/1247645264162193408
Racism allowed more pollution in Black communities, leading to higher rates of asthma and that, according to Dr. Fauci, has now increased our risk of dying from COVID: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/02/the-trump-administration-finds-that-environmental-racism-is-real/554315/
Racism makes it harder for Black people to even get to a grocery store, forcing many to rely on corner stores and fast food places, increasing diabetes and hypertension—another thing, according to Dr. Fauci, that is increasing our risk of dying: https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/may/15/food-apartheid-food-deserts-racism-inequality-america-karen-washington-interview
He says the only thing that can be done is to give Black patients the best care possible, but our health care system is so racist that we accidentally taught that racism to a computer program that then discriminated against Black patients: https://www.wired.com/story/how-algorithm-favored-whites-over-blacks-health-care/
Black people have been the canaries in the coal mines of America for centuries—and here we are again.
