The impact of COVID–19 on racially minoritized communities in the United States has forced us all to look square in the face of the systemic racism that is embedded in every fabric of our society. As the number of infected people continues to rise, the racial disparities are glaringly obvious. Black and Latinx communities have been hit considerably harder by this pandemic. Both racial/ethnic groups have seen rates of infection well above their percentage in the general population and African Americans have seen rates of death from COVID–19 as high as twice their percentage in the general population. These numbers bear witness to the high cost of racism in the United States.

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种族主义：公共卫生危机

COVID-19 对美国少数族裔社区的影响迫使我们所有人在面对根植于我们社会各个方面的系统性种族主义时都保持正直。随着感染人数的不断增加，种族差异非常明显。这场大流行病对黑人和拉丁裔社区的打击更大。两个种族/族裔群体的感染率都远高于其在一般人群中的百分比，非裔美国人的 COVID-19 死亡率高达其在一般人群中的百分比的两倍。这些数字见证了美国种族主义的高昂代价。