The #covid_19 pandemic has racially affected many disadvantaged groups in various ways. These groups have faced many economic hurdles especially when it comes to unemployment rates, household income, and housing rates.
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Sources:
1. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2021). Health equity considerations and racial and ethnic minority groups. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/health-equity/race-ethnicity.html
2. Maciolek, A. (2020). COVID-19, economic mobility, racial justice, and the middle class. The Brookings Institution.Retrieved from https://www.brookings.edu/blog/up-front/2020/12/21/covid-19-economic-mobility-racial-justice-and-the-middle-class/
3. Falk, G., Carter, J.A., Nicchitta, I.A., Nyhof, E.C., & Romero, P.D. (2021). Unemployment rates during the COVID-19 pandemic: In brief. Congressional Research Service. Retrieved from https://fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R46554.pdf
4. Williams, J. (2020). State unemployment by race and ethnicity: 2020 Q1 & Q2. Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://www.epi.org/indicators/state-unemployment-race-ethnicity-2020q1q2/
5. Moore, K.K. (2021). State unemployment by race and ethnicity: 2020 Q3 & Q4. Economic Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://www.epi.org/indicators/state-unemployment-race-ethnicity/
6. Corneilssen, S. & Hermann, A. (2020). A triple pandemic? The economic impacts of COVID-19 disproportionately affect black and hispanic households. Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. Retrieved from https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/a-triple-pandemic-the-economic-impacts-of-covid-19-disproportionately-affect-black-and-hispanic-households
7. Lake, J. (2020). The pandemic has exacerbated housing instability for renters of color. Center for American Progress. Retrieved from https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/poverty/reports/2020/10/30/492606/pandemic-exacerbated-housing-instability-renters-color/