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Black people in America are twice as likely to die from covid-19 as white people. This highlights the country’s ongoing struggle with structural racism, as our experts explain
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Read our special report on race in America: https://econ.st/2QOtjKs
George Floyd’s legacy, a year since his murder: https://econ.st/3oKjx8A
How covid-19 exposed America’s racial health gap: https://econ.st/3uaPKXO
Read about the vulnerability of African Americans to covid-19: https://econ.st/3oWrnwd
How segregation still blights the lives of African-Americans: https://econ.st/2RA7puY
Listen to Babbage, our science podcast, about why some medical devices work less well for non-white people: https://econ.st/34joZFX
Design bias is harmful, and in some cases may be lethal: https://econ.st/3ufVbVA
How to fix American policing: https://econ.st/3hQ7khs
Overwhelming evidence emerges for racial bias in American courts: https://econ.st/3ulmcGR
Trevor Phillips on going from rhetoric to reform on racial injustice: https://econ.st/3upKoIx
Jason Stanley on critical race theory and why it matters: https://econ.st/34jxqkB
American ideas about racism are influencing Europe: https://econ.st/3viMj2K”
