Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black Americans Caused by Long History of Medical Abuse
Black Americans are more likely to encounter medical abuse and experience higher rates of illness. March 1, 2021
By Esther Jones, Associate Professor of English, affiliate with Africana Studies and Women s & Gender Studies, Clark University
Black Americans have been the least inclined of any racial or ethnic group to say they’d get vaccinated against the coronavirus. The proportion of Black people who said they’ll probably or definitely take the shot has risen over time but even by mid-January, with two COVID-19 vaccines authorized for emergency use in the U.S., only 35% of Black survey respondents said they’d get it as soon as they could, or already had gotten the shot.
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A group of young women toast the end of Prohibition in the luxury liner SS Manhattan, off New York, 1933. Before its repeal, the ship s bar was required to close 12 miles out from the U.S. coast. FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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