Health Disparities, Racism & Xenophobia
We, as Students Against COVID-19, recognize the need to be prepared to confront systemic racism and practice anti-racism within our daily lives, communities, and in our future careers as the next generation of public health experts, health care workers, teachers, policy-makers, advocates, and Americans.
This pandemic has shown us that, in the words of Dr. David Williams,
“The coronavirus did not create racial inequities in health. It has just uncovered and revealed them. These disparities have long existed in the U.S., and persist across leading causes of death,
from the cradle to the grave.”
Within this page are educational resources and ideas for how to take action against health disparities, racism, injustice, and police brutality so we can empower ourselves with knowledge to advocate for a more just, equitable, and healthy world.
Please note: All sources provided below are publicly available on the internet, and were compiled by graduate students who found the information to be informative and helpful. Students Against COVID-19 is not affiliated with any of the below journals, websites, organizations or publishers. Students Against COVID-19 does not, in any way, endorse or financially support and/or receive any financial support any of the organizations below.
Articles and Websites about
Health Disparities, Racism, & Xenophobia
Health Disparities (Governmental Definition)
HealthyPeople.Gov
June 8, 2020
Racial Health Disparities and Covid-19 — Caution and Context (Article)
Merlin Chowkwanyun, Ph.D., M.P.H., and Adolph L. Reed, Jr., Ph.D; The New England Journal of Medicine
May 6, 2020
Ten Equity Implications of the Coronavirus COVID-19 Outbreak in the U.S. (Report)
NAACP
2020
A wider lens on the impact of COVID-19: An Interview with Dr. David R. Williams (Article)
Jill Petty, EveryChildThrives.com published by the W.K Kellogg Foundation
April 29, 2020
Jocelyn Frye, The Center for American Progress
April 23, 2020
Financial and health impacts of COVID-19 vary widely by race and ethnicity (Report)
Mark Hugo Lopez, Lee Raine, and Abby Budiman; Pew Research Center
May 5, 2020
COVID-19 and Racial/Ethnic Disparities (Viewpoint)
Monica Webb Hooper, PhD; Anna María Nápoles, PhD, MPH; Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD; JAMA
May 11, 2020
COVID-19 & Racial Justice (Policy briefs on variety of topics including voting access)
Demos
2020
What Do Coronavirus Racial Disparities Look Like State By State? (Article)
Maria Godoy and Daniel Wood, NPR
May 30, 2020
Racial Data Transparency: States that have released breakdowns of Covid-19 data by race (Report)
John Hopkins University & Medicine
June 9, 2020
COVID-19 in Racial and Ethnic Minority Groups (Report)
CDC
June 4, 2020
Reducing Stigma (Article)
CDC
March 30, 2020
SAMHSA
2020
The coronavirus is infecting and killing black Americans at an alarmingly high rate (Article)
Reis Thebault, Andrew Ba Tran, and Vanessa Williams; The Washington Post
April 7, 2020
COVID-19 targets communities of color (Article)
Colleen Walsh, The Harvard Gazette
April 14, 2020
Why is coronavirus taking such a deadly toll on black Americans? (Press Release)
Oliver Laughland and Lauren Zanolli; The Guardian
April 25, 2020
Why African American communities are being hit hard by COVID-19 (Article)
Marc Zarefsky, American Medical Association
May 13, 2020
Is COVID-19 Falling Harder on Black Prisoners? Officials Won’t Tell Us. (Article)
Maurice Chammah and Tom Meagher; The Marshall Project
May 28, 2020
Health Inequality Actually Is a “Black and White Issue”, Research Says (Article)
Jordyn Imhoff
June 3, 2020
How Racism Is Shaping the Coronavirus Pandemic (Article)
Isaac Chotiner; The New Yorker
June 9, 2020
Coronavirus: What attacks on Asians reveal about American identity (Article)
By Helier Cheung & Zhaoyin Feng & Boer Deng; BBC News
May 4, 2020
AMA warns against racism, xenophobia amid COVID-19 (Press Release)
American Medical Association
May 4, 2020
Human Rights Watch
May 5, 2020
COVID-19 and the lessons of xenophobia (Article)
Shihoko Goto, The Japan Times
May 19, 2020
Reports of Anti-Asian Assaults, Harassment and Hate Crimes Rise as Coronavirus Spreads (Article)
Anti-Defamation League
May 27, 2020
The LGBTQ Community and COVID-19 (Issue Brief)
Human Rights Campaign Foundation
2020
LGBTQ Funding Resources in the COVID-19 Response (Website)
Funders for LGBTQ Issues
2020
LGBTQ People and COVID-19 (Website)
Ithaca College
2020
Implication of COVID-19 for LGBTQ Youth Mental Health and Suicide Prevention (Blog Post)
The Trevor Project
April 3, 2020
LGBTQ Finances Are At Risk Amidst COVID-19 Pandemic (Article)
David Rae, Forbes
April 20, 2020
COVID-19 Resources (Website)
The Center: The Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual & Transgender Community Center
2020
Kathryn Macapagal, Ramona Bhatia, and George J. Greene, LGBT Health Journal (Vol. 3, No. 6)
2016
Kate Stewart and Pauline O’Reilly, Nurse Education Today (Volume 53)
April 7, 2017
Healthcare Professionals Working with LGBTQ Patients (Article)
Abigail Mitchell, Megan Somers, Amelia Bauder, and Denecia Lewis (Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research, Volume 25, No. 12)
April 5, 2018
For Native Americans, COVID-19 is 'the worst of both worlds at the same time' (Article)
Liz Mineo, The Harvard Gazette
May 8, 2020
Why COVID-19 is decimating some Native American communities (Article)
Timothy M. Smith, American Medical Association
May 13, 2020
Why Native Americans took Covid-19 seriously: 'It's our reality' (Article)
Nina Lakhani, The Guardian
May 26, 2020
Covid-19 has a magnified impact on Indian country (Article)
Partnership with Native Americans
2020
The federal government fiddles as Covid-19 ravages Native Americans (Article)
Elizabeth Warren and Deb Haaland, The Washington Post
May 26, 2020
Working with Native American communities to control the spread of COVID-19 in the southwestern US (Article)
Doctors Without Borders
June 16, 2020
The Top U.S. Coronavirus Hot Spots are All Indian Lands (Article)
Nicholas Kristof, The New York Times
May 30, 2020
Native Americans in Philanthropy: Resource Center (Website with Resource Links)
Native Americans in Philanthropy
2020
(Please note that under this heading are also articles that explore how the intersectionality of race and ethnicity affect health disparities)
Crowded housing and essential jobs: Why so many Latinos are getting coronavirus (Article)
Antonio Olivo, Marissa J. Lang, and John D. Harden, The Washington Post
May 26, 2020
Salud Talks (Podcast)
Production of Salud America!, Institute for Health Promotion Research at UT Health San Antonio
Weekly Episodes beginning August 21, 2019-June 4, 2020
Double Jeopardy: COVID-19 and behavioral health disparities for Black and Latino communities in the U.S. (Submitted by OBHE) (Report, Action & Resource List)
SAMHSA (Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)
2020
Chicago tackles COVID-19 disparities in hard-hit Black and Latino neighborhoods (Article)
Cheryl Corley, NPR
June 9, 2020
Jens Manual Krogstad, Ana Gonzalez-Barrera, and Mark Hugo Lopez, Pew Research Center
March 24, 2020
Coronavirus and Latino Health Equity (Website with educational content regarding health disparities & resources for: emotional support, paying rent/bills/other financial aid)
Salud America!
2020
For Latinos and Covid-19, doctors are seeing an 'alarming' disparity (Article)
Miriam Jordan and Richard A. Oppel Jr., The New York Times
May 9, 2020
A. Rochaun Meadows-Fernandez, Vox
May 28, 2020
Brian Resnick, Vox
June 1, 2020
Linda Villarosa, The New York Times Magazine
August 14, 2019
Eliminating Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Care: What are the Options? (Report)
Kaiser Family Foundation
October 20, 2008
America is Failing its Black Mothers (Article)
Amy Roeder, Magazine of the Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Winter 2019
Human Rights Campaign (Website with articles, donation, news and action steps to be an ally to the LGTBQ+ community)
What is health equity, what is health disparity?
How should data on health disparities on COVID-19 be analyzed and contextualized to avoid "perpetuat[ing] harmful myths and misunderstandings that actually undermine the goal of eleminating health inequities"?
How do health disparities seen in COVID-19 illustrate pre-existing inequalities? What are the equity implications?
How do coronavirus racial disparities vary by state?
Governmental Publications on COVID-19
& Health Disparities
Articles Focused on the Impact of COVID-19 on
Black & African Americans
(Systemic Anti-Black Racism)
Articles Focused on the Impact of COVID-19 & the LGBTQ+ Community
(Heteronormative Discriminative Health Care)
Articles Focused on the Impact of COVID-19 on Indigenous Communities in the United States
Articles Focused on the Impact of COVID-19 on
Hispanic & Latinx Communities
Articles on COVID-19 & Police Brutality
Further Reading––Articles, Reports & Websites
Articles Focused on the Relationship of COVID-19 &
Anti-Asian Racism & Xenophobia
COVID-19 Through an
Asian American Historical Perspective
Covid-19 Through an Asian American Historical Perspective (Website)
This website, created by Yooree Grace Chung (MS3, Emory University), Eileen Li (MS1, University of Washington), Angel Xiao (MS3, Emory University) and Francis Tseng, provides an overview of the “legislative, sociopolitical, and public health context underpinning the anti-Asian racism and xenophobia surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic.” These students also created the infographic you see below, which is also posted on their website.
Please note: Jungsoo Chang, Yooree Grace Chung, Eileen Li, and Angel Xiao gave permission for website & infographic to be published on this page.
Podcasts on Coronavirus, Racism, & Health Inequity
Coronavirus And Racism Are Dual Public Health Emergencies (Podcast)
NPR
June 5, 2020
Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick? (Podcast Series)
NACCHO
2008
Anti-Racism Resources (List of Articles, Movies, Books, Articles and Podcasts)
List compiled by: Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
May 2020.
Organizations to Follow on Social Media
Anti-Racism Resources (List of Articles, Movies, Books, Articles and Podcasts)
List compiled by: Sarah Sophie Flicker and Alyssa Klein
May 2020
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Antiracism Center: Twitter
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Equal Justice Initiative (EJI): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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Justice League NYC: Twitter | Instagram + Gathering For Justice: Twitter | Instagram
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The Leadership Conference on Civil & Human Rights: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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The Movement For Black Lives (M4BL): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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National Domestic Workers Alliance: Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
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Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ): Twitter | Instagram | Facebook
(Shared by @FireDrillFriday, Artwork credit to @Jane_Mound)
Resources if You’re Looking to Donate
Charity Navigator: A List of COVID-19 Top Nonprofits
Charity Navigator: A list of LGBTQ+ Pride Month Charities
The Strategist: 137 Ways to Donate in Support of Black Lives and Communities of Color
NOTE: Students Against COVID-19 are not affiliated with any of the listed groups, and do not endorse any group. The lists found were publicly available sources. Use your discretion and do your own independent research before donating to any groups.
(Graphic by: Amnesty International)
Next Steps: Ideas for How to Take Action
Each week, this Justice in June initiative challenges you to read, learn, and gradually spend more time how to be an ally. This link provides a calendar and schedule of readings, videos, podcasts, and action steps to support your journey to Black allyship.
#BlackTransLivesMatter: Actions & Resources for Solidarity
This extensive Google document provides educational resources, links to places to donate, how violence against black trans women has been perpetuated by the state, and information about how black trans lives are affected by police violence, housing and economic stability, health care, sex partner violence, and more.
The Guide to Allyship–By Amélie Lamont
This webpage is designed to give a guide to the do’s and don’t of allyship, how to handle our mistakes, and how to be a true ally for Black and African Americans.
Amnesty International: I am a Person Committed to Equity
This guide from Amnesty International provides ways to fight racial inequality. There are different resources, information and guides based on the following statements: I care about how society shapes my race and how my race shapes my experience in society, I want to learn more about race and racism, and I believe we all must play a part in the solution.