Description
| Product ID: | 9781947602878 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Race, Ethnicity, and the COVID–19 Pandemic |
| Authors: | Author: Hayward Derrick Horton, Melvin Thomas, Loren Henderson |
| Page Count: | 400 |
| Subjects: | Ethnic studies, Ethnic studies, Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic studies, Ethnic studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Black & Asian studies, Hispanic & Latino studies |
| Description: | The first authoritative source on the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for racial and ethnic minorities. To understand racial disparities in COVID-19 infections and deaths, we must first understand how they are linked to racial inequality. In the United States, the material advantages afforded by whiteness lead to lower rates of infections and deaths from COVID-19 when compared to the rates among Black, Latino, and Native American populations. Most experts point to differences in population density, underlying health conditions, and proportions of essential workers as the primary determinants in the levels of COVID-19 deaths. The national response to the pandemic has laid bare the fundamentals of a racialized social structure. Assembled by a prestigious group of sociologists, this volume examines how particularly during the first year of COVID-19, the socioeconomic impact of the pandemic led to different and poorer outcomes for Black, Latino, and Native American populations. While color-blindness shaped national discussions on essential workers, charity, and differential mortality, minorities were overwhelmingly affected. The essays in this collection provide a mix of critical examination of the progress and direction of our COVID-19 response, personal accounts of the stark difference in care and outcomes for minorities throughout the United States, and offer recommendations to create a foundation for future response and research during the critical early days. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Cincinnati Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Cincinnati Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-03-15 |
