By Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, Medium.com, June 11, 2020

Like many of you, I have experienced the events of the past weeks with a profound sense of anguish. My heart goes out to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor. My heart breaks at the incomprehensible number who have been harmed by racist violence and by the inaction that has allowed those harms to take place.

The images of protesters wearing face-masks in the streets, carrying signs that say “Black Lives Matter,” provide a stark juxtaposition. They contrast the heroic efforts we are all making to protect our communities from coronavirus against our feckless efforts to curb the sickness of racism that has infected America since its birth. In those images is also a reminder that the disproportionate death rate of black and brown people from COVID-19 is no coincidence. It is directly related to the history of racial oppression in our nation.

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