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Essential Workers in city areas are overwhelmingly people of color who face increased exposure to COVID-19 for a paycheck.
Additionally, mass layoffs have disproportionately affected black and brown Americans (see more about this here).
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Please read the following article:
Pandemic's Front-line work falls on women, minorities
Consider the following:
Why are workers deemed "essential" more likely to live near or below the poverty line?
Why are essential workers more likely to be BIPOC?
How does increased exposure to the COVID-19 affect our students' health and home lives?
Is there a connection between level of education and the recent mass layoffs?
As unemployment rates soar, job losses have fallen unequally according to race and education level.
As educators, we must account for the compound risks BIPOC face in their home and work lives when we teach remotely.
Stress, health, safety, and financial strain are factors to consider heavily in the lives of our students.
Further Reading: Pandemic's front-line work falls on women, minorities
Taking Stock of Essential Workers
Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 in America: 75% of frontline workers in New York are people of color
Minorities, more likely to have jobs that make them 'essential workers,' disproportionately affected by COVID-19
How Millions of Women Became the Most Essential Workers in America
The Essential Workers Filling New York’s Coronavirus Wards
Taking Stock of Essential Workers
Black Americans are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 in America: 75% of frontline workers in New York are people of color
Minorities, more likely to have jobs that make them 'essential workers,' disproportionately affected by COVID-19
How Millions of Women Became the Most Essential Workers in America
The Essential Workers Filling New York’s Coronavirus Wards
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