My goodness, how fun was that basketball game last night? I mean, sure, the first 45 minutes were kinda blah, but those last three minutes? Stanley? Paul? Dewan? STANLEY!?!?
Before we dive into it, surely you’ve seen the numbers: COVID-19 has hit racialized and lower-income communities incredibly hard. Here in Toronto, racialized people make up 52% of residents, but they make up 83% of COVID-19 cases.
The income inequality that economically depresses our BIPOC communities is the direct result of decades of systemic racism and oppression. It will take decades to change this, but right now, during this pandemic, is a great place to start.