Across the nation, Covid-19 has placed on the stage of our democracy the perennial problem of this pandemic; race, place and the catastrophic inequity and impacts to Black Americans. According to a recently released Mckinsey report, about 40 percent of Black Americans live in 244 counties where, if Covid-19 spreads […]
15 states, counties and municipalities are the vanguards of Racial Equity during this Covid-19 crisis by creating official Racial/Health Equity Rapid Response Teams; #racialequity #alleyesonequity (as of May 13th 2020) King County WA (March 6)State of Virginia (March 13)City of Chicago (April 6th)City of Boston (April 9th )State of Michigan […]
Racial Equity is ensuring all Americans can access the opportunity to survive and thrive in states, cities and counties across the nation. The current Covid-19 pandemic has exposed the fault lines in our land of equal opportunity. Not everyone has equal access to the social determinants of health and wealth. […]
We know viruses don’t discriminate right , or do they? What if viruses could apply the management concept of strategic planning? If so, the key goals of Covid-19 would be to spread, replicate and kill expeditiously. And if that’s the case, race and ethnicity should not matter. But, if Covid […]
In Chicago 70% of Covid deaths were black residents while Blacks make up 29% of the population. “We already know that before COVID was ever established that the health outcomes for various communities are already different,” she said. “So if you know those disparities exist in terms of health outcomes, […]
Banking institutions should apply an “Equity Eye” to ensure their policies, practices and procedures are not contributing to community inequity and perpetuating racially disparate outcomes as they distribute SBA Covid Relief Loans.