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“I have a sense of anxiety wearing the mask. It makes me more aware of how I’m being perceived.” As the coronavirus continues to spread, black men find themselves facing 2 concerns: fear of the virus and fear of racial profiling. https://nyti.ms/2VwoIuL

For Black Men, Fear That Masks Will Invite Racial Profiling

African-American men worry that following the C.D.C. recommendation to cover their faces in public could expose them to harassment from the police.

https://nyti.ms/2VwoIuL

The coronavirus is infecting and killing black people in the U.S. at disproportionately high rates, according to some data released by several states and big cities https://nyti.ms/3emYraQ

Black Americans Face Alarming Rates of Coronavirus Infection in Some States

Data on race and the coronavirus is too limited to draw sweeping conclusions, experts say, but disparate rates of sickness — and death — have emerged in some places.

https://nyti.ms/3emYraQ

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