Thread by @emergentp, I’m feeling like I need to highlight what is happening right now. [...]

I’m feeling like I need to highlight what is happening right now. We’re in the middle of a pandemic. It’s affected all 65M of us in the UK...

Bear in mind, Black/African/Caribbean/Black British make up 3% of the British population...

https://twitter.com/zubhaque/status/1250679266901098497?s=21 https://twitter.com/zubhaque/status/1250679266901098497

https://twitter.com/zubhaque/status/1250679266901098497?s=21

https://twitter.com/wstewarttes/status/1250668296166428673?s=21 https://twitter.com/wstewarttes/status/1250668296166428673

https://twitter.com/wstewarttes/status/1250668296166428673?s=21

https://twitter.com/lorrainemking/status/1249814034716807173?s=21 https://twitter.com/lorrainemking/status/1249814034716807173

https://twitter.com/lorrainemking/status/1249814034716807173?s=21

https://twitter.com/nadine_writes/status/1250467606445928449?s=21 https://twitter.com/nadine_writes/status/1250467606445928449

https://twitter.com/nadine_writes/status/1250467606445928449?s=21

https://twitter.com/bamefor/status/1245786428086333440?s=21 https://twitter.com/BameFor/status/1245786428086333440

https://twitter.com/bamefor/status/1245786428086333440?s=21

https://twitter.com/shehabkhan/status/1250521254597144577?s=21 https://twitter.com/shehabkhan/status/1250521254597144577

https://twitter.com/shehabkhan/status/1250521254597144577?s=21

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/bame-groups-hit-harder-covid-19-than-white-people-uk

BAME groups hit harder by Covid-19 than white people, UK study suggests

Research indicates virus has disproportionate impact on non-white critically ill patients

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/apr/07/bame-groups-hit-harder-covid-19-than-white-people-uk

The next couple of tweets are international, but make no mistake, needs a spotlight on it...

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3079497/us-warns-african-americans-avoid-guangzhou-after-reports-black

US warns African-Americans to avoid Guangzhou due to discrimination fears

People of African descent or with ‘African contacts’ have been subjected to mandatory tests and quarantine.

https://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/3079497/us-warns-african-americans-avoid-guangzhou-after-reports-black

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-china-africans-idUKKCN21Y0QB

Treatment of Africans in southern China sparks diplomatic backlash

Huddled under a highway bridge with a small bag of belongings, a 19-year old student from Ivory Coast was desperately dialling his few contacts in China.

https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-china-africans-idUKKCN21Y0QB

https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/05/ventilators-destined-for-barbados-seized-by-u-s/

Ventilators destined for Barbados seized by U.S. - Barbados Today

The seizure of 20 ventilators destined for Barbados appears to have thrust the Mia Mottley administration into a growing global battle for critical supplies to fight the outbreak of COVID-19. But...

https://barbadostoday.bb/2020/04/05/ventilators-destined-for-barbados-seized-by-u-s/

Back to the UK...

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/03/bame-medics-whitewashed-appreciation-nhs-12494218/

Ethnic minority medics are 'being whitewashed' out of celebrations of the NHS

BAME medics say it feels like they are being 'erased from history'.

https://metro.co.uk/2020/04/03/bame-medics-whitewashed-appreciation-nhs-12494218/

https://twitter.com/runnymedetrust/status/1250401131970387971?s=21 https://twitter.com/runnymedetrust/status/1250401131970387971

https://twitter.com/runnymedetrust/status/1250401131970387971?s=21

https://twitter.com/nursingnotesuk/status/1250365046082998272?s=21 https://twitter.com/nursingnotesuk/status/1250365046082998272

https://twitter.com/nursingnotesuk/status/1250365046082998272?s=21

Back to international...

https://qz.com/africa/1836272/french-doctors-say-test-covid-19-vaccine-on-africans-spark-fury/

The French doctors who wanted to test vaccines on Africans and Western medicine’s dark history

The history of the violation of the lives of Africans for the scientific benefit of white Westerners is long and horrifying.

https://qz.com/africa/1836272/french-doctors-say-test-covid-19-vaccine-on-africans-spark-fury/

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