Code Switch takes on the question of why Native American communities are so vulnerable to COVID-19 — and why so little is being done about it.
is highest in American Indian/Alaska Native students followed by black students . In rural neighborhoods, 41 percent of black students and 26 percent of Hispanic students reported having no Internet.
"Internet is not a luxury. It's a civil right, because students need the Internet in order to complete their homework [and classwork]," Burris says.about what they were seeing in their own classrooms in regards to the digital divide. One teacher in St. Louis reported that, in her nearly all-black classroom, only about 20 percent of her students log into Zoom classes.
In Massachusetts, one teacher saw that before the pandemic, 7% of her students had C's or D's."Now," Burris says,"almost 60% of her kids are failing because the kids don't have a laptop." Many of my black and Latinx family members are having trouble believing the severity of COVID-19. There is very little trust for the government and medicine. With the context of our history, I understand their feelings and share them too. However, I also believe social distancing is required to get through this pandemic. I have watched so many of my people out and about like NOTHING is happening.
Try this with your loved one: Tell them it's better to be supersafe than sorry. If you think they might read articles by leading science writers like
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