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23. I've suspected white supremacy all along. Covid-19 has hit POC harder than anyone else.
Sat Jul 4, 2020, 09:39 PM
Jul 2020

It wouldn’t be out of keeping with 45’s horrid racism and xenophobia.
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/06/1065272
UN News
June 2, 2020
Address ‘appalling impact’ of COVID-19 on minorities, UN rights chief urges
Urgent action is needed to address “the major disproportionate impact” of COVID-19 on racial and ethnic minorities, including people of African descent, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights said on Tuesday.

The disease is exposing alarming inequalities in some countries: disparities similar to those fuelling current protests for greater racial justice in multiple cities - as well as online, through “Blackout Tuesday” – across the United States, Michelle Bachelet stated.
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