The Pandemic Divide : How COVID Increased Inequality in America /

"As COVID-19 made inroads in the United States in spring 2020, a common refrain rose above the din: "We're all in this together." However, the full picture was far more complicated-and far less equitable. Black and Latinx populations suffered illnesses, outbreaks, and deaths at a...

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Other Authors: Darity, William A., Jr., 1953- (Editor), Hubbard, Lucas (Freelance writer) (Editor), Wright, Gwendolyn L., 1962- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2022.
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Table of Contents:
  • Foreword / Mary T. Bassett
  • Introduction: Six feet and miles apart : structural racism in the U.S. and racially disparate outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic / Lucas Hubbard, Gwendolyn L. Wright, and William A. Darity Jr.
  • Health equity : impact of preexisting conditions on COVID-19 outcomes / Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards, Melissa J. Scott, and Paul A. Robbins
  • Labor history and pandemic response : the overlapping experiences of work, housing, and neighborhood conditions / Joe William Trotter Jr.
  • "God is in control" : race, religion, family, and community during the COVID-19 Pandemic / Sandra L. Barnes
  • COVID-19, race, and mass incarceration / Arvind Krishnamurthy
  • Housing, student debt, and labor market inequality : COVID-19, Black families/households, and financial insecurity / Fenaba R. Addo and Adam Hollowell
  • Race, entrepreneurship, and COVID-19 : Black small business survival in pre- and post pandemic America / Henry C. McKoy Jr.
  • COVID-19 effects on Black business owner households / Chris Wheat, Fiona Greig, and Damon Jones.