drpvn t1_iye1k9s wrote
Reply to comment by princessnegrita in Long COVID Symptoms Most Common Among Latinos and Residents of The Bronx by Lilyo
Is that what OP was talking about?
princessnegrita t1_iye6mo2 wrote
Look up what environmental racism is if you aren’t familiar and come back and tell me if you think that’s what they’re talking about.
drpvn t1_iye71n1 wrote
Wasn’t clear from his initial comment. His follow up comment seems to be talking about that. But then again I didn’t think “environmental racism” involved intentionality—his comment was that the city has intentionally tried to make poor people suffer these harms.
princessnegrita t1_iyeb0e3 wrote
The intentional part is the literal decades of de facto and de jure racism. The environmental repercussions are a side effect.
drpvn t1_iyebj0w wrote
Yeah that’s not how I read his initial comment, which was saying that the city intends to harm these communities.
princessnegrita t1_iyedxqc wrote
The OP said that having vulnerable groups suffer the most in events like this is the intention of the city.
Another way to say it would be: the fact that the most vulnerable groups have worse cases of COVID isn’t a bug, it’s a feature of a system built on inequality.
drpvn t1_iyeft3r wrote
Right. He said that the city intends to have vulnerable groups suffer the most. That’s what I said.
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