How Structural Racism Plays A Role In COVID-19 Response

April 28, 2020, 12:43pm CT

A lone pedestrian passes a mural in the Hamilton Park neighborhood on the city's South Side Tuesday, April 14, 2020. Charles Rex Arbogast / AP Photo

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How Structural Racism Plays A Role In COVID-19 Response

By Steve Bynum

April 28, 2020, 12:43pm CT

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For our ongoing series “Closing The Gap,” Reset explores how structural racism is fueling the disproportionate number of COVID-19 deaths among African Americans.

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