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How Covid-19 is destroying working-class, Latinx Communities in the Coachella Valley / Riverside County:
(Yes, I even made a graphic because I& #39;m pissed.)
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(Yes, I even made a graphic because I& #39;m pissed.)
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Mostly white / affluent cities:
Palm Springs (48,000 people - 24% Latinx) - 259 cases
La Quinta (41,000 people - 78% white) - 237 cases
City of Indian Wells (5,400 people -95% white) - 17 cases
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Palm Springs (48,000 people - 24% Latinx) - 259 cases
La Quinta (41,000 people - 78% white) - 237 cases
City of Indian Wells (5,400 people -95% white) - 17 cases
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Predominantly Latinx cities (Lots of service industry workers -waiters, housekeepers, cooks, bartenders, etc):
Cathedral City, (54,000 people - 60% Latinx) - 518 cases
Coachella, (45,000 people - 96% Latinx) - 956 cases.
Indio, (91,000 people - 67% Latinx) - 1,129 cases.
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Cathedral City, (54,000 people - 60% Latinx) - 518 cases
Coachella, (45,000 people - 96% Latinx) - 956 cases.
Indio, (91,000 people - 67% Latinx) - 1,129 cases.
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Imagine being a Latinx immigrant that works as a waiter at a fancy restaurant in Palm Springs. You& #39;re assigned tables w/ non-masking tourists from OC. You can& #39;t enforce city code because they& #39;ll likely spit in your face w/ anger. And you& #39;d forego tips to support your family
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The restaurant owner is lax and wants to salvage business - so they let it slide. The county Sheriff, Chad Bianco, is going viral on Fox News refusing to wear a mask around concerned citizens at Riverside County meetings and refusing to enforce shelter-in-place policies.
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The CA Senator in your district, @senatormelendez, is a raging bigot who tweets about tax dollars going to "illegal immigrants". The county just increased funding for the Sheriff and decreased funding for Hospital and Health Services. The President ...(I& #39;ll stop there).
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What do you do? You smile and and say, "How can I help you?" ... You go home to your family with a pit of anxiety in your stomach, feeling powerlessness in a new but familiar way.
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