Are Lockdowns Racist?

Are Lockdowns Racist?
A view of an empty street in the French Quarter amid the coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in New Orleans, La., on March 27, 2020. Chris Graythen/Getty Images
Patrick Basham
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America’s respective political, health, educational, media, sports, and corporate establishments tell us black lives matter. Puzzlingly, for the past year they prescribed, enacted, enforced, and cheered on economic and educational lockdowns that devastated black America. Worse still, the lockdowns will wreak havoc upon black lives, especially, for decades to come.

Patrick Basham
Patrick Basham
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Patrick Basham is founding director of the Democracy Institute, a Washington- and London-based, politically independent research organization.
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