Showing posts with label Wealth inequality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wealth inequality. Show all posts
From HuffPost ➤ How Racism And Inequality Have Left Minorities Most At Risk From Covid-19.
By Nadine White

As many as a third of coronavirus patients may be Black or Asian, nearly three times the 13% proportion of the UK population that they make up. 

Some 14% of those with the most serious cases were Black and the same amount were Asian, according to the research, sparking calls for further probes into structural inequality and health outcomes.

The alarming figures come from a study of 2,000 people by the Intensive Care National Audit and Research Centre (ICNARC). Lord Simon Woolley, chair of the landmark Race Disparity Audit’s advisory group, said this research reflected the need for the government to appoint a minister dedicated to furthering racial equality.

Continue reading @ HuffPost.

Covid-19, Racism & Inequality

Mick Hall @ Organized Rage sees potential in the Hillary Clinton camp for tacking wealth inequality.

Listening to Hillary Clinton after the Super Tuesday primary results, in which she took all of the southern states, whereas Bernie Sanders won in Minnesota, Colorado, Vermont, Oklahoma, and narrowly lost Massachusetts.

Hillary Clinton Tells Electorate We Are All In This Together: Ring Any Bells Folks?