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How COVID-19 is impacting black people disproportionately

How COVID-19 is impacting black people disproportionately

Reflecting on the video

The video discusses the disproportionate impact of the virus on black communities in the USA. In your country, do you believe the same is true?

You may live in a country where black people are the majority. Does the information in the video also give you cause for concern?

Commentators say that the pandemic has simply exposed inequalities that were already present in many societies. Do you think this is so?

The video was made in Minneapolis USA, the same city in which George Floyd was murdered by the police, triggering the Black Lives Matter movement. In the next step we look at the possible connection between the pandemic and BLM.

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