When systemic racism meets the coronavirus, Black women suffer economically

AUGUST 13, 2020

BY CHABELI CARRAZANA

The original pandemic, racism, has ensured Black women have been at a disadvantage in every conceivable arena — hiring, education, health care, banking — victims of the incomplete crawl toward change. Now, coronavirus-induced economic turmoil has rotted away what little safety net many of these women could rely on.