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Inequities in Boston

A guide for instructors to use as part of their curricula, about inequities that are always present in the Boston area, but have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Race and Racism

Under The Blacklight Series
The African American Policy Forum, 2020
Why Don’t We Know Who the Coronavirus Victims Are?
Ibram X. Kendi, Director of the Boston University Center for Antiracist Research, The Atlantic, April 1, 2020
Minority Communities Are Being Hit Harder By The Coronavirus
WBUR, Updated April 08, 2020
With Coronavirus, Racism is the Underlying Condition
Jeneé Osterheldt, Boston Globe, April 10, 2020
Fears of Coronavirus Fuel Anti-Chinese Racism
Deanna Pan, Boston Globe, January 30, 2020
Coronavirus Doesn't Discriminate. Neither Should Testing and Treatment.
Renée Graham, Boston Globe, March 29, 2020
Healey Sees Coronavirus Highlighting, and Increasing, Inequality
Adrian Walker, Boston Globe, April 19, 2020
For Non-English Speakers, Difficult Language Barriers Become Dire Amid Outbreak
Simon Rios, WBUR, 2020. Also Available in Spanish)
Chelsea, City of the Working Latino Immigrant, Emerges as a COVID-19 Hotspot
Marcela García, Boston Globe, April 7, 2020
Being a Person of Color Isn’t a Risk Factor for Coronavirus. Living in a Racist Country is
Renée Graham, Boston Globe, Updated April 10, 2020
Racial Disparities Laid Bare as Coronavirus Hits Boston Minorities Hard
Sean Phillip Cotter, Boston Herald, April 11, 2020

WGBH and The Boston Globe Present: The State of Race

Immigrants and Coronavirus: Lessons from the Chelsea Hotspot