<
https://www.ajc.com/news/coronavirus/still-wearing-a-face-mask-your-choice-may-be-influenced-by-your-race/2WX4JOW5CNCM5JUCXLMR7AE7CI/>
"You read about it on social media. You see it when you go shopping, or out to
a restaurant in the Atlanta metro area. And several recent, national polls
confirm: as we enter the pandemic’s third summer, Black and Latino people are
much more likely to continue wearing masks in public or show support for
wearing masks than white, non-Hispanic people.
In two polls, there is a sizable gap between Black and Latino respondents, on
the one hand, and white respondents, on the other, with Black respondents being
much more likely to favor masks.
People notice the split on the street and online, in Atlanta and elsewhere. “In
the area where I live, (metro ATL), I see more AA [African-American] citizens
wearing masks that anyone else,” an Atlanta resident recently tweeted. “Black
people and POC [People of Color] are staying masked and some white people” on
the metro, a Washington, D.C. resident observed on the same site last week. A
doctorate in sociology candidate at the University of Buffalo wondered on
Twitter, “Has anyone done a study on how Black ppl are largely still wearing
masks despite what the CDC says?”"
Via Violet Blue’s
Pandemic Roundup: June 23, 2022
https://www.patreon.com/posts/pandemic-roundup-68125277
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
