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General Topics => Political Discussion => Topic started by: ren on September 30, 2020, 07:29:41 AM

Title: Covid and systemic racism
Post by: ren on September 30, 2020, 07:29:41 AM

https://www.kitv.com/story/42699573/pacific-islander-communities-grapple-with-high-covid19-infection-rates-and-issues-with-language-barriers (https://www.kitv.com/story/42699573/pacific-islander-communities-grapple-with-high-covid19-infection-rates-and-issues-with-language-barriers)

She was released after ten days but was never re-tested. Thomas says that her experience left her with a bad impression.

"I thinking maybe because of the racist. I Micronesian. That's why they do like that to me," Thomas said.

Title: Re: Covid and systemic racism
Post by: Drakiir84 on September 30, 2020, 07:36:23 AM

EVERYONE IS RACISTTTTTTT!!!!!

Title: Re: Covid and systemic racism
Post by: Flapp_Jackson on September 30, 2020, 11:09:21 AM

It's racist for people providing free services to not speak the patients' native language,

but it's not racist for the patient to live in an English speaking nation and not try to learn the language?

 :wacko: O0