In Brazil, coronavirus hits blacks harder than whites
BY LOUIS GENOT (AFP) 21 MINS AGO
The coronavirus pandemic has a color in Brazil, the epicenter of the outbreak in Latin America: black Brazilians are exposed to greater risk than whites and are dying at a higher rate.
More than half Brazil's population of 210 million people is black, but they face deeply entrenched inequalities that are on full display during the pandemic.
As in the United States, where black people are also bearing the brunt of COVID-19, there are a range of underlying reasons that Afro-Brazilians are being disproportionately affected.
From the quality of medical care they receive, to the level of exposure they face doing their jobs, to the death rate by race, blacks are worse-off than whites by a wide range of measures in a Brazil reeling from the virus.
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