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Disproportionate black death. Yet again we were reminded this week that even as covid19 has been cast as an equalizer, supposedly a disease that does not discriminate in who it harms, the data bears out that black americans have born the brunt of this pandemic in both health and wealth. But also outside of these metrics, theres the politics of the pandemic. Weve seen disturbing images emerge, like armed white protesters storming statehouses and screaming on sent ibscenitiw enforcement officers, all because they want their states reopened. In many cases, these reopenings, which are happening in states at this very moment endanger many black and brown people, many of whom have been on the less forgiving end of the Police Response to these shutdowns. Just like it took 74 days 74 days from the moment an unarmed black man, was shot and killed, aacco according to his family, while jogging in georgia. According to the police, the report ....