There are, indeed, wide disparities between the White communities and the communities of color – I have seen this at work all my life.
I was intimately aware of “food deserts” long before the term was ‘coined’ – when I was growing up as an Amerind, I simply assumed that, as an adult, I would be overweight, have high blood pressure and, more than likely, Type II diabetes as well – that was just the way the world worked, and that is what I saw surrounding me.
Our “communities of color” (both black and brown) are going into this coronavirus pandemic with several risk factors already against them. And, just so you know, one of the risk factors hardly EVER mentioned is “smoking”!
Those little white tubes of ‘death’ you carry around in your shirt pocket or purse puts you at much greater risk of catching the “Trump” virus and once acquired, of dying from it – and one of the great heroes of the Right, Rusbo, didn’t get his stage 4 lung cancer from being morbidly overweight, trust me.
Here I thot that with the passing of the 14th Century we’d seen the last of the Black Death, but now it seems that Republicans have managed to revive it.
wellis1947 Premium Member over 3 years ago
There are, indeed, wide disparities between the White communities and the communities of color – I have seen this at work all my life.
I was intimately aware of “food deserts” long before the term was ‘coined’ – when I was growing up as an Amerind, I simply assumed that, as an adult, I would be overweight, have high blood pressure and, more than likely, Type II diabetes as well – that was just the way the world worked, and that is what I saw surrounding me.
Our “communities of color” (both black and brown) are going into this coronavirus pandemic with several risk factors already against them. And, just so you know, one of the risk factors hardly EVER mentioned is “smoking”!
Those little white tubes of ‘death’ you carry around in your shirt pocket or purse puts you at much greater risk of catching the “Trump” virus and once acquired, of dying from it – and one of the great heroes of the Right, Rusbo, didn’t get his stage 4 lung cancer from being morbidly overweight, trust me.
ferddo over 3 years ago
That’s how Bob “hearts” Abishola…
Richard S Russell Premium Member over 3 years ago
Here I thot that with the passing of the 14th Century we’d seen the last of the Black Death, but now it seems that Republicans have managed to revive it.
Godfreydaniel over 3 years ago
If we could wake up Sleepy Ben Carson for a few minutes, it would be interesting to hear HIS take on this……….
billiegoatgruff over 3 years ago
There is NO disease that doesn’t exploit class and racial discrimination. Covid-19 is no different.
Union Man over 3 years ago
Reverend!!!!
Radish the wordsmith over 3 years ago
Republicans will leave you out in the cold.
pamela welch Premium Member over 3 years ago
Unfortunately, this is too accurate; sadly so.
noktar Premium Member over 3 years ago
You’re an excellent cartoonist and a great man!
jimchronister2016 over 3 years ago
Yeah for the republican party!