@magazinearticle {1499590, title = {What the Racial Data ShowThe pandemic seems to be hitting people of color the hardest.}, journal = {The Atlantic}, year = {2020}, abstract = {I dread every time my partner leaves our home. I dread every time Sadiqa marches to the front lines of the war against COVID-19{\textemdash}the emergency department. I dread every time she comes home and removes her personal protective equipment.Sadiqa is worried like a soldier in a total war, seeing so many medical providers going down, seeing so many patients going down. I am worried about her health{\textemdash}and my own, as someone surviving metastatic cancer. I am worried about all medical providers, all Americans who have compromised immune systems, all Americans who are infected, all Americans who are healthy and want to remain that way.}, url = {https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/04/coronavirus-exposing-our-racial-divides/609526/}, author = {Ibram X. Kendi} }