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Opinions | Texas politicians have long blamed people of color for public health crises


Opinions | Texas politicians have long blamed people of color for public health crises
Heather Sinclair
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Ignacio Estrada visits the El Paso gravesite of his son Cesar Osvaldo Estrada, who died last month at the age of 47 of covid-19.
When asked on national television on Nov. 29 why the Latino population in El Paso faced a major health crisis, Republican Mayor Dee Margo, said Hispanic people were hospitalized more for covid-19 than “normal White Caucasians.” He failed to address the city’s large number of low-wage essential workers and his own refusal to support a lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus. ....

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