Report claims whites ‘disengaged’ from helping nonwhites with COVID-19 response

(The Center Square) – An “insight report” published and partially funded by the Washington State Department of Health argues that the response to COVID-19 “illustrates pre-existing inequities” and led to a disproportionate impact on nonwhite and non-Asian people.

Titled “Voices From The Frontlines: A Chorus of COVID,” the report was created by “thought partners” with DOH’s Community Collaborative and argues that “it’s urgent that politicians, institutions, employers, and sometimes everyday people not forget what COVID ruthlessly taught us all over three heartbreaking years.”

“Don’t forget sometimes white people disengaged on safety when they learned people of color needed help,” the report also states.

The groups represented in the report include:

Women of Wisdom – TriCities;
LatinX Unidos of the South Sound;
Asian Pacific Islanders Coalition SPS and

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