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Copy Link Leticia Aguilar poses for a portrait holding a picture of her grandmother Betty Ann Sigala in her home in Elk Grove.  (Salgu Wissmath/USA Today) For years, Betty Sigala spoke to her family about her death: she didn’t want to be put on a machine and she didn’t want to die alone. When she was admitted in June to the COVID-19 care ward at her local hospital, her family refused a ventilator. One of her grandsons convinced the nurses to ignore the no visitors rule and let him in. He ...

Native American leaders across California said COVID-19 deaths are a shadow on their communities, yet state figures show few American Indian people have died here compared with other states. Leaders and experts fear their communitys deaths have been undercounted because of a long history of Native Americans being racially misclassified. And data shows they may be correct. This unacceptable and damaging practice can bar Native people from getting the help and resources they actually need, they s...

Im not interested. “This approach is the national standard for reporting disease rates and has several advantages,” the health department wrote in a statement to The Salinas Californian. “However, it also has limitations. Any classification system will not be able to capture the complexity and richness of racial identity.” Acknowledging the problem doesn’t change the fact that the data is wrong, experts said.  “The problem is in the data itself,” said Virginia Hedrick, executive ...

Photo via UCT Rain co-founder  Phumlani Moholi has paid tribute to former UCT vice-chancellor, Professor Stuart Saunders, who died in his sleep last Friday. He was 89.   “What counts is not the mere fact that we have lived. It is what difference we have made to the lives of others that will determine the significance of the life we lead.” - Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela President Nelson Mandela’s inspirational words have constantly forced me to look inward from outward to reflect on my lif...

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