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Show Transcript To be honest, the community is scared, especially my generation. You know, I wouldn t really say scared, too. But I say like, skeptical. I don t plan on have anything to do with any vaccinations. I don t wanna deal with it. Kovar 19 Pandemic is hitting the black community hard In California, blacks make up just 6% of the population but account for 4% of coronavirus infections and 7% of covert related death. Some black Americans that I ve spoken with say, Why would I put my trust into something that doesn t actually help me? Black Americans have been mistreated, misrepresented, underrepresented in the health care system. There is institutional racism that has to be dealt with systematic racism that has to be dealt with quite frankly. Why would you trust a system that has failed you time and time again? There s a profound distrust in many of our communities, especially black and African American commu
Mobile clinics, free rides have done little so far to improve vaccine equity in D.C. region
Antonio Olivo, The Washington Post
Feb. 19, 2021
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Health care workers wait for coronavirus vaccinations at the Fairfax County Government Center in Fairfax on Jan. 2. The county is now offering rides to the center, hoping the transportation program will help more people get vaccinated in communities that have been hard hit by the virus.Washington Post photo by Michael S. Williamson.
Inside Fairfax County s government center one recent morning, elderly residents streamed in to get their first dose of the coronavirus vaccine, underscoring a problem that has vexed officials across the greater Washington region.
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Not for the first time, Serena Williams fans are upset with ESPN analyst s racially coded commentary
The Washington Post
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For most of her life, Brittney Cooper has watched tennis, bearing witness to the sport s brightest stars, from Monica Seles and John McEnroe to Venus Williams and Coco Gauff.
So when Serena Williams faced off Wednesday against Naomi Osaka, there was no doubt what Cooper would be doing: watching Williams, an all-time great, play bright young star Osaka. It was the next chapter in an exciting rivalry, one cemented by a controversial 2018 U.S. Open championship that Osaka won.
Facing discrimination at home, local veteran went on to break barriers, and win a war
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World War II veteran Ambrose Cowboy Anderson Jr. holds a photo from 1944, when he was a 18-year-old United States Marine, at his home in Gloversville, NY Thursday, Nov.10, 2011.Michael P. Farrell/Times UnionShow MoreShow Less
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State Sen. Jim Tedisco presents Ambrose Cowboy Anderson with the New York State Senate Liberty Medal outside his Gloversville home on Friday, Aug. 28, 2020.Photo providedShow MoreShow Less
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GLOVERSVILLE Ambrose “Cowboy” Anderson Jr. was only vaguely aware of racial discrimination when he was drafted by the U.S. military as a Gloversville teenager.