One reason why coronavirus hits Black people the hardest

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4 жыл бұрын

Toxic air can weaponize the coronavirus.
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Across the US, black people are dying from Covid-19 at disproportionately high rates. While there are many different factors at play behind the stark racial disparities - there’s one possible reason that’s been lurking in the air for decades: pollution.
The long history of segregation and housing discrimination has long put black people at greater risk of living near chemical plants, factories and highways, exposing them to higher levels of air pollutants. These pollutants have had a chronically negative impact on health, leading to conditions like hypertension and asthma. Now, those same diseases are associated with severe cases of Covid-19, and showing that where you live can determine whether you survive from Covid-19.
Read the full study on air pollution exposure and Covid-19 mortality: projects.iq.harvard.edu/covid-pm
Read the study on historic redlining and emergency room visits due to asthma: www.thelancet.com/journals/la...
Read the study on Disparities in Distribution of Particulate Matter Emission Sources by Race and Poverty Status: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti...
To learn more about the experiences of residents in St. John the Baptist Parish, check out the Concerned Citizens of St. John website: www.ccosj.com/
To learn more about some of the air pollution risks in the Midwest, check out the Environmental Law & Policy Center: elpc.org/. They also run an air monitoring site for Chicago that highlights some of these disparities: airqualitychicago.org/
Read more about Cancer Alley from ProPublica/ The Times-Picayune and The Advocate: www.nola.com/news/environment...
projects.propublica.org/louis...
And The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/us-news/n...
A lot of our data comes from the National Air Toxics Assessment Cancer Risk map, which you can check out through the EPA: ejscreen.epa.gov/mapper/
The Covid Tracking Project also regularly compiles Covid-19 data on race: covidtracking.com/race
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@pretty-dusty 4 жыл бұрын

_Opens video_ _immediately pause_ _scrolls directly to the comments_

@localman7761 4 жыл бұрын

that is exactly what I'm doing right now.

@bugfairy 4 жыл бұрын

..are you spying on me? that’s what i did.

@WHOMP-wv2qs 4 жыл бұрын

Yes

@swizzyyy 4 жыл бұрын

@darrius2300 4 жыл бұрын

maybe...

@jamesbrownization 4 жыл бұрын

When people say 'don't politicise Covid-19' - it was politicised and racialised before it even begun.

@thomasclerc5690 4 жыл бұрын

Ben O'Donovan-Iland why people would even say that ? A pandemic is a political matter no matter what, because the state has to choose between the population welfare and the economy.

@dcc9345 4 жыл бұрын

@@thomasclerc5690 State governors have to chose between people's health or the economy. If people want to work they can always get a essential worker.

@SueMyChin 4 жыл бұрын

I wonder though how big a contributor this is as we've the same disproportionate effect on black people in the UK where comunities aren't segregatred quite as much as the US...

@isaacwilcox4602 4 жыл бұрын

How was it racialised before it began?

@jasonpearson4485 4 жыл бұрын

Isaac Wilcox ya cant say china virus or wuhan virus cause thats “racist”

@YurLord 3 жыл бұрын

Same government that puts abortion clinics throughout minority communities now deserves your trust that it will preserve your life and look out for your interests. Syke! 🤣

@Deep.Purple 2 жыл бұрын

A few years back there were more black baby's aborted than were allowed to live in NY. Couldn't be planned parenthood ... promotion of killing of blacks no.. surely not.

@sssssnake222 2 жыл бұрын

@@Deep.Purple the actual effect is that one out of every three black people in America is dead from abortion. Abortion is the real systemic racism

@sssssnake222 2 жыл бұрын

@@Deep.Purple All of their other policies vastly disproportionately disparage the black race too. How about open borders? Black people are now the second minority in America from first? Did that empower the black community? Far from it.

@antoniomontana4480 2 жыл бұрын

facts, and people still wear the blinders with pride

@ashleynicolle7047 2 жыл бұрын

@@sssssnake222 the sad thing is the left encourages illegal immigrants, who come here and live off tax money for years, to have babies yet instead of helping and uplifting a black woman they tell them "nah, go ahead and abort. You're oppressed, you can't take care of it". Imagine what the population would be if the left ACTUALLY cared about black people and helped the way they act like they do..

@christal2641 4 жыл бұрын

It's not just the air, it's also the water people drink and the dirt little kids play in. Air pollution eventually falls with the rain into the earth and open water.

@cadenceew7933 4 жыл бұрын

Christa L this can also include livestock and food if they are in surrounding areas. This also affects the ecosystems in the area, and any potential water sources. Underground sources as well. It’s just all around horrible. These plants also release tons of chemicals into the air, which in turn create holes in the ozone. This can cause skin cancer, global warming/climate change, and many other problems. This is so problematic for poorer communities because they are often hit the hardest, or can’t easily fix a problem with the resources at hand.

@ingodwetrust8195 4 жыл бұрын

Scary!

@ravenn2631 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I give up on counting on much of the politicians to make much change about pollution in a lot of places around the world. I say it’s best to focus what we can do ourselves besides just voting for what we think best and encouraging others by sharing our insights. I managed to easily find articles like “How to Help the Environment,” “Things You Can Recycle,” “How to Save Water,” “How to Start Your Own Garden,” and so on easily online. I doubt it’d make as much of a difference if someone in a greater amount of power around this does something, but I think it’ll do much more than expecting a miracle can happen that all the effort is placed into convincing politicians to change.

@angelafishburn9095 3 жыл бұрын

There are areas in Phoenix you NEVER let your kids play in the dirt! Most actually.

@soggierblackbyhuskieshaveb5828 3 жыл бұрын

Shut up

@foolofatook9255 4 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the Navajo nation has the highest infection rates in the WHOLE country..

@TheFroInBristow 4 жыл бұрын

Native Americans still getting disrespected to this day. Hate to see it.

@jocelyncooper1738 4 жыл бұрын

The media acts like they don’t even exist, its sad.

@francoistombe 4 жыл бұрын

Mines are located where the ore is found. Mines are not located next to native reservations because that is convenient or racist. Some native communities happen to be close to ore bodies. Coincidence, not planned.

@Aura96968 4 жыл бұрын

How do u pronounce Navajo? Is it Yo or Jo?

@PatheticTV 4 жыл бұрын

Source? Not denying you, just want a source.

@jacobfisher911 4 жыл бұрын

I've lived in cancer alley (St. Charles Parish) for the past 15 years, and I can say that I do smell weird smells in the air sometimes. No one in my area is talking about it though. We have low coronavirus cases thankfully, though. If anyone is going to say this is because of a lack of testing, thankfully, our parish has been very ahead of the game with COVID. We have had testing sites where anyone can get tested since almost the beginning of the pandemic. You just show up and they test you. I was tested and was very impressed with my parish.

@tristanmoller9498 4 жыл бұрын

Good for you!

@yuyukudo1692 4 жыл бұрын

That's smart.

@kingpandagodoftaste9001 4 жыл бұрын

yo, my dude, please move tf out

@pizzaface4628 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck out there!

@whyme6175 4 жыл бұрын

Luck for me since I'm in Cambodia

@lucyfyrearchoftwilight1760 3 жыл бұрын

According to the CDC ", less than 6% of all covid related deaths had ONLY covid. The other 94% had an average of 4.0 additional conditions or CAUSES per death." Now, based on that CDC statement and the known statistics of cases vs deaths, a little high school math shows that those with ONLY covid have a 99.89% survival rate, and those with an average of 4.0 other serious health conditions STILL have a 98.31% survival rate.

@CR-mn2bd 2 жыл бұрын

Yep, keep preaching

@ashleynicolle7047 2 жыл бұрын

Be careful love, they don't like it when you use common sense and tell truths. Dangerous territory.

@ianbuick8946 2 жыл бұрын

2 years has passed and our family still waiting for COVID-19 (now covid-21) to bring us down to ICU. That's being said, don't ignore your health either, virus only care who has weak immune, cardiopulmonary system.

@SuperJackman117 2 жыл бұрын

A known youtuber Bashurverse was young and seemingly had a decent immune system and didn't have any known pre-existing condition and yet he still passed away, is it still only a 99.99999% chance for those serious health condition that you guys keep touting stats with? where did you even get these CDC statistics anyway? if you even did find real statistics.

@lucyfyrearchoftwilight1760 2 жыл бұрын

@@SuperJackman117 Sometimes youtube blocks comments with links so simply google "Weekly Updates by Select Demographic and Geographic Characteristics" and the CDC page will be the first link on google. When you go to the CDC page, scroll down to Topic 4 and read the statement by the CDC. As to your comment, there are always cases of people having extreme reactions to things most people do not. The fact is, those are the vast minority of cases and the CDC statistics prove that as a fact.

@artema7146 4 жыл бұрын

Racial inequality simply reflects the absence of social mobility. Born poor stays poor. What else would you expect from a country where education costs a fortune. And then these people have no access to healthcare (prevention, MRI, CT) - so we get what we get. Air pollution is only a small part of the story.

@warrcoww6717 4 жыл бұрын

Hold up, is your name Артём or Artem?

@ljeans531 4 жыл бұрын

It really is systemic

@GenericProtagonist7 4 жыл бұрын

@@warrcoww6717 I'd think it would have to be Artem, since the English variant would be Artyom.

@ljeans531 4 жыл бұрын

@John T Your racism is showing... Intelligence isn't measured by your level of education. You would know that if you were well educated so I have to assume that's why you made such an ignorant comment. You may also be suffering from insufficient and subpar education just like the people you call "blks" You should go read yourself, I would recommend the many scholar studies done on the correlations between the amount of funding a school receives and the success of its students on average. 🙄

@steeldriver1776 4 жыл бұрын

Great answer. Racism isn’t the root cause, just a side affect. Treat the poverty and you’d see inequality begin to disappear.

@andersdenkend 4 жыл бұрын

Wait, there's an old cemetary in the middle of a chemical plant?! Daheck...

@seekthtruth 4 жыл бұрын

It was there before the factory and they left it intact

@cogs11 4 жыл бұрын

Yes I worked there. There're actually 2 cemeteries.

@abibnoor 4 жыл бұрын

are you worried they might get asthma or something.

@autobotdiva9268 4 жыл бұрын

YUP

@savagedragon79 4 жыл бұрын

@P-Impmon nah, they would just be bones by now.

@geekdiggy 4 жыл бұрын

i won't refrain from stating how impressed i am with the graphics in this presentation. it's incredibly detailed and complements the material very well.

@ChetsyWetsy 4 жыл бұрын

Johnny NiteTrain only in that regard

@MinenArbeiterLP 4 жыл бұрын

@@ChetsyWetsy not only in that regard

@ChetsyWetsy 4 жыл бұрын

Thanos nah

@slyfox4564 4 жыл бұрын

Simp

@MinenArbeiterLP 4 жыл бұрын

@@slyfox4564 😈

@ryan3390 3 жыл бұрын

I live here and work in one of those refinery's, I pray I can stay healthy enough and not have any issues.

@vastpeople9623 4 жыл бұрын

South Africa is case example all planned black residencies during Apartheid were place strategical, where industrial polluted air, mine dumps, acid water, sink holes happens, one common denominator!

@abdulgafarmuhiadinmohamed9177 4 жыл бұрын

Yep ....fertil land still on hands of whites

@GamerTheTurtle 4 жыл бұрын

mashallah

@francoistombe 4 жыл бұрын

Zimbabwe got rid of it's whites and tanked it's economy. Went from being a food exporter to a food importer. Now they want the whites back. (Not going to happen). South Africa now doing something similar and trending towards the same outcome. Government says it is considering prohibiting whites from leaving. Hmmm what does that say?

@abdulgafarmuhiadinmohamed9177 4 жыл бұрын

@@francoistombe hey what's your point ... I think you just another racist who needs a ticket to Europe

@theoverseer393 4 жыл бұрын

Francois Tombe "that's not racist! We cant be racist to whites" South Africa killing whites wont fix their problem if they don't learn how to freakin manage their land

@ohduck 4 жыл бұрын

i guess vox is just trying to simplify this, but treating “PM2.5” as just another carcinogenic particle in air is incorrect. it just refers to any particles smaller than 2.5microns in diameter.

@RudyMemes 4 жыл бұрын

YUP, GOT ME MIFFED AS WELL, NOT TO BE NITPICKY BUT THAT'S HOW CONSPIRACY THEORIES ARE BORN

@microz0258 4 жыл бұрын

Hahahaha Lol exactly

@VinnieFarsheds 4 жыл бұрын

I just came searching for this in comments because hearing this factual inaccuracy really put me off. Vox should know better than this.

@IAmPiernik 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for clarification

@ChrisD__ 4 жыл бұрын

@@VinnieFarsheds Yeah, strange how much research they did for the rest of the video, but misunderstood that part. That actually makes the video make a lot more sense. PM2.5 sounded really familiar I realize I saw that when I trying figure out how N95 masks work.

@asapjustice4748 4 жыл бұрын

As a lifetime Baton Rouge resident most of my family has asthma and heart problems and live much longer when they move out the state

@inception2620 3 жыл бұрын

i dont want coronavirus

@inception2620 3 жыл бұрын

its there all conavirus

@inception2620 3 жыл бұрын

momment ago i was see the conavirus so o im scared of the breaking neaws sound for i call my freind from ross jarel vin vin butwhy im there to them and soda and bruger from waist from THIS place FOR the first time in i wake up at 6 o:clock

@duyduhh3798 3 жыл бұрын

Too much fried food.

@artaniskim2120 3 жыл бұрын

Water is racist.

@fadingwolf9262 3 жыл бұрын

In 2011 China released a document mentioning development of pathogens that could be targeted at specific ethnic groups. They stopped talking about it in the next report.

@mikehawk120 2 жыл бұрын

They were onto something we need to exploit here….

@fadingwolf9262 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikehawk120 Maybe it's already being exploited.

@mikehawk120 2 жыл бұрын

And I would assume that would be a positive thing.

@fadingwolf9262 2 жыл бұрын

@@mikehawk120 Not in my opinion; I would consider it an act of war and a violation of international law regarding the use of biological weapons.

@mikehawk120 2 жыл бұрын

True, I can agree with that as well.

@jessicabailey6541 3 жыл бұрын

You LIARS better REPENT!! For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36

@BrianLyons315 2 жыл бұрын

Arrogant creature,s your deaths shall be instantaneous while we shall suffer the progress of infinitude. - Gravemind

@PremierCCGuyMMXVI 4 жыл бұрын

And this is one reason why we need to use clean energy.

@Tsskyx 4 жыл бұрын

Eventually, yeah. But more importantly, the people need to get representation and the power to sue these companies, to give them an incentive to either develop cleaner manufacturing methods, or move out and seek different lands to pollute.

@DaRk5612Fromlv 4 жыл бұрын

Nuclear energy for life

@francoistombe 4 жыл бұрын

Such as? Renewable sources are not clean. Just not going to run out some day. Don't confuse "sustainable" with "clean". They are not the same thing.

@DylanJo123 4 жыл бұрын

Isnt one of the pollutants a plastic manufacturing plant? How are we going to do that clean

@hyper6220 4 жыл бұрын

Francois Tombe ,solar, wind, hydro. Edit: soon there will be fusion as well.

@Xenarzio 4 жыл бұрын

*several people are typing*

@tirobo 4 жыл бұрын

also contrapoints had a video on the subject. Not directly public health, but more in the vein of crime

@rosebud4467 4 жыл бұрын

@@tirobo Contrapoints, huh? You're automatically cancelled for referencing them, lol

@prodigiousrebel5886 4 жыл бұрын

@@rosebud4467 Why?

@retaj6840 4 жыл бұрын

Indigo Sparkle y tho?

@catherinab01 3 жыл бұрын

Literally the more research and digging we do the more it's exposed how black people have been and continue to be treat poorly. These are deliberate actions to harm black people. Im always stunned by the evil in these situations.

@panchikofan123 4 жыл бұрын

Karen be like: bEcAuSe oF 5G

@sparksfly5877 4 жыл бұрын

I mean, tbh I don’t like 5G much...

@andikainsanpatria6920 4 жыл бұрын

I love alvvays too

@castielisanangel6869 3 жыл бұрын

You say that and I’ll bet you 1000$ you havnt looked up anything about 5G, and yes it does cause cancer.

@mr.knowitall5019 3 жыл бұрын

@@castielisanangel6869 It doesn't.

@MrFlauxhol 3 жыл бұрын

@@castielisanangel6869 No there is still no evidence.... can we have the 1000$ now?

@vertiathegreen9858 4 жыл бұрын

I live in Louisiana and didn't know alot of what was in this video. Thank you for exposing this.

@lilplayboicoochie7572 4 жыл бұрын

Vertia the Green gg

@saltymonke3682 4 жыл бұрын

it's well known, even smithsonian has a report about this in their Aerial America series

@marlonb2804 4 жыл бұрын

Where is the church in the black communities?????? I guess pastors just want their money on Sunday

@lucianjones4727 4 жыл бұрын

lot of articles on it

@myperspective5091 4 жыл бұрын

Really? How can you miss a giant Chemical or Petroleum plant? Are you really that much of a naive shut in to the point that you don’t know what types of industries are in the area where you live? For the POC living in those areas will you still continue to live in those areas or even worst continue to raise children in those areas? My guess is for a large majority of the people living in those areas is that they will still not take responsibility for the risks they voluntarily take and for their own decision about where they live or work. My suggestion for any kids currently being raised in those areas ,sue your parents for them raising you in a toxic environment.

@nikiforos1750 4 жыл бұрын

People are already disliking because of the title. Watch the video first and then judge.

@rainingman338 4 жыл бұрын

can you explain what is wrong with the title? i really dont get it, everyone is commenting about it. Also i think they should have listed more reasons for blach communities getting more cases. I am quite interested if it comes down to behaviour or even culture

@brilianfustsakib9793 4 жыл бұрын

@@rainingman338 people think it's wrong because the title address US Cancer Alley residents as "black people".

@brilianfustsakib9793 4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelliu8310 does the world majority of black people live near the Cancer Alley? I don't think so.

@cityuser 4 жыл бұрын

@@brilianfustsakib9793 They gave an example and then generalized the conclusions drawn from that example to explain a larger trend.

@jaboy0978 4 жыл бұрын

@@brilianfustsakib9793 went would they need to specify? It's AN American channel? Lol black in America generally refers to African Americans, everyone knows who it's about

@usienwkdau2jfb28u4b 4 жыл бұрын

I’ve worked in these plants, contractors will throw you into benzene areas like it’s nothing

@fahadamin5856 4 жыл бұрын

Health Care Is a Human Right - Just leaving this here

@ETin6666 4 жыл бұрын

Americans: "no it's communism"

@newp0rt 4 жыл бұрын

i mean the US has a pretty decent healthcare for people that make under a certain amount from my experience. when i turned 18 and couldnt be under my parents medical anymore i applied for free healthcare and had it until recently when i started making over the minimum. it mostly covered generic prescriptions but others were still cheap and my checkups and whatnot were all free. but hey i doubt you even know that exists or have/pay for your own medical insurance to even understand how it works.

@AAKFKEK315 4 жыл бұрын

you are entitled to your opinion

@retaj6840 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone but America knows this

@retaj6840 4 жыл бұрын

Gottenburg u don’t know anything about islam, do you?

@_anerasu_4772 4 жыл бұрын

Im here before the comments turns into a warzone

@chrono-glitchwaterlily8776 4 жыл бұрын

I think it already is

@hyphenated-name881 4 жыл бұрын

Does racial and cultural diversity lead to a decrease in social cohesion? Yes or no?

@moonlitm3285 4 жыл бұрын

@@hyphenated-name881 Can you shut up

@genericfilmmaker6339 4 жыл бұрын

@@moonlitm3285 i mean he is asking a good question

@moonlitm3285 4 жыл бұрын

@@genericfilmmaker6339 He keeps posting the same question over and over again, but it seems like he's deleted a lot of them.

@FHDOnTheStreet 4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early, Corona was still a beer.

@bobjoe8131 4 жыл бұрын

it is still a beer.

@justinianthegreat4696 4 жыл бұрын

hands down best comment in here😆

@YoungBloodyBlud 4 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early,this comment wasn't Stolen.

@VeganDefinition 4 жыл бұрын

Only a privileged little white boy makes a joke like this on a vegan regarding serious topics.

@nikiforos1750 4 жыл бұрын

@@VeganDefinition yeesh it's just a silly joke racist

@mr26ss 4 жыл бұрын

Guess what, in another 100 years, this probably will not change.

@MinenArbeiterLP 4 жыл бұрын

@Moonshine Buck We will

@SkyeAten 3 жыл бұрын

Yes it will because we'll all be dead. Don't think the planet will last another last 100 years with the current rate of pollution.

@SkyeAten 3 жыл бұрын

@@MinenArbeiterLP I thought 50% of the insect population is already lost... It happened in 50 years after industrialization. We might not be here in the next 50 years... Without the ecosystem. We're doomed.

@kylee6051 3 жыл бұрын

@@SkyeAten Well, the planet will last. Humanity not s likely.

@Walt_Xander94 4 жыл бұрын

A cemetary next to a chemical plant? Sounds like a recipe for zombies. I swear, we're already dealing with the coronavirus, a zombie virus better not happen.

@bradleydare8669 4 жыл бұрын

i agree just look at the movies night of the living dead the zombies were created by hazardous waste liquid if i remember correctly

@Yolbosun 2 жыл бұрын

I see zombie with masks They don’t even know they’re zombies

@Yolbosun 2 жыл бұрын

@@bradleydare8669 like in a mandated jab?? Asking for a friend

@starshot5172 4 жыл бұрын

Here before comments are disabled

@Youbeentagged 4 жыл бұрын

Don't think vox disables comments

@nikiforos1750 4 жыл бұрын

they just change their video titles

@silversurfer8818 4 жыл бұрын

No need, the message was clear "White people causes Corona in blacks" i get it!

@john3260 4 жыл бұрын

They don't because Vox is very confident that they are right (as to whether they are or not, I will never answer it because I know how much flame is going to be created).

@NEIL_F 4 жыл бұрын

Vox doesn’t EVER remove their comments. Not that I see. Plus they are all scientific and educational and political videos. KZfaq and COPPA won’t auto turn off their comments.

@jackdaniels2905 3 жыл бұрын

Big oil execs should have to live near their oil plants.

@riccardorinaldo7934 2 жыл бұрын

Man you guys are really obsessed with race. OBSESSED

@Marshallgill 2 жыл бұрын

I will judge the content of your comment once I know the color of your skin? Collectivism divides it does not unite.

@ArtDocHound 4 жыл бұрын

I'm about to start a shrimpin' boat businesses.

@ceasarasmith5297 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@wmdoylej 4 жыл бұрын

If you get a shrimp boat , I'll be your 1st mate 🤗🤗🤗

@aquaticdeer4272 4 жыл бұрын

Count me in bruuddudududu

@localman7761 4 жыл бұрын

Okay, Bubba.

@majidalsaga8460 4 жыл бұрын

DangerDave shrimp it man while on a boat with corona in hand and let the wave rock and roll the boat under the sun 🌞😉🌹

@nalayeplikethelion 4 жыл бұрын

This is a geography issue not a race issue. Of course the leadership isn’t going to do anything about it because the citizens don’t have any real power or resources this is about poor vs rich.

@moimui 4 жыл бұрын

Nala Jax this is so silly. Geography, but the US has forced black people into the harshest environments in the nation. Poor vs rich, but the US has done everything in its power to make sure black people are poorer. Those things are tools for systemic racism. Of course this is a race issue.

@nalayeplikethelion 4 жыл бұрын

T. Madeleine Thomas I am not denying that there is systemic racism BUT THIS VIDEO shows geographical issues not racism. There are many poor black people that don’t live in “harsh environments” just because you’re black and poor that doesn’t mean that you automatically have to live somewhere that is heavily polluted. No ones putting a gun to poor black peoples heads and saying “GO LIVE NEXT TO THIS FACTORY” that’s not happening.

@cadenceew7933 4 жыл бұрын

Lei P it’s about the equality of opportunity my dude. Sure some black people are rich and some white people are poor. You’re not wrong lol. The likely hood of you being rich based off of your race is the problematic part. The fact that you’re more likely to be rich as a white person then a black person. The fact that your more likely to have health problems, go to prison, and be poor as a black person. You can’t just single out some rich and poor people and then call it a day.

@cadenceew7933 4 жыл бұрын

Nala Jax yeah this video shows geographic issues that align with historical racism. Why do you think the factories moved to those areas? Why do you think those areas where more favorable to move into? The history of red lining and housing discrimination might help you out here. The video is also supporting the idea that black people are getting more heavily affected by covid. This video isn’t about geography to begin with, so it shouldn’t be talking solely about geography. It’s Pretty simple. It’s talking about the health affects black people face, and why that supports the data that is being shown right now. So not only is this very much about black people and geography, but it also shows that a huge factor of geography and housing in the United States is still very much based on race. I can explain further if you want me to.

@aliagamudumane2134 3 жыл бұрын

Here in Africa different. We're good right here.

@jasonpoolo3523 3 жыл бұрын

Sure you are bud, African doesn't pollute at all

@jimboslice6367 3 жыл бұрын

It’s ALWAYS somebody else’s fault. Always

@artaniskim2120 3 жыл бұрын

the blame game never ends. if only we could fix the problem by ourselves...

@bencunningham-walker493 4 жыл бұрын

I don’t understand why people are saying Vox is racist when they’re using facts and data which you cannot dispute

@Talker159 4 жыл бұрын

Sure you can and you should. You can dispute the way the data were collected or how they are interpreted. Those things are up to debate. It is the same thing as when racists use crime and IQ statistics. Don't hold science on a indisputable pedestal because it is the flawed humans that conduct it.

@bencunningham-walker493 4 жыл бұрын

Tibor Stökl however here the statistics shown are census data and showing where people live. which if you want to dispute you can but from the us government they’re fairly accurate

@lilaclizard4504 4 жыл бұрын

@@bencunningham-walker493 why did they choose this as their one reason black people are dying more from this virus? There's at least 3 very solid explanations for it if you include this reason they gave, this one being the one that most relates to racial treatment through history & that being where they focused the story. It's factual & interesting yes, but it is still telling a story it wants to tell & that happens to be how whites have caused blacks to be dying today. It would be just as accurate to do a story on how black skin absorbs less vitamin d & the impact vitamin D deficiency has on lung infections & death from them for example

@bencunningham-walker493 4 жыл бұрын

@@lilaclizard4504 i understand it is a bit of a far fetched explanation and it is very specific. i think it would be better if Vox was to call the video something like how persecution has lead to more deaths from corona. or something along those lines

@lilaclizard4504 4 жыл бұрын

@@bencunningham-walker493 I don't have a problem with their video, or it's title, I'm just pointing out a valid reason as to why some people will say they're being racist to tell this story. Need to put it in context too, this is very typical of the type of stories they do. Again I'm not criticising, I find it interesting, but I can certainly see why some people would say "racist" in response to it

@Ozone474 3 жыл бұрын

“BlAcK PeeoPle bE GettIN Mo SIcK” yeah i dont think so

@CelonixCleaningServicesLLC 4 жыл бұрын

🤦🏽‍♂️ scam of the century

@harrischaudhry3698 3 жыл бұрын

Biggest scam of all time

@lapatron555 3 жыл бұрын

Whats the scam

@CelonixCleaningServicesLLC 3 жыл бұрын

lapatron555 lol this guy

@michael2275 4 жыл бұрын

No surprise. The more money you have the healthier, safer place you get to live.

@davidgormunt9031 2 жыл бұрын

A person with no money in the world can walk away from anything.

@klgeo7562 4 жыл бұрын

This video reminds me of movie "Dark Waters" (2019). The movie is based on true story about how pollution affect people's life

@SuperRJ2012 4 жыл бұрын

thanks for this

@lanab7506 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah, great movie!

@ramblingcrow 4 жыл бұрын

It's a great movie! There's also "The Devil We Know" on Netflix, a documentary that dives into some of the finer details on this horrible story.

@Avarice0918 4 жыл бұрын

That title is sending me mixed signals

@tanner9658 4 жыл бұрын

It sent me one signal because I understand English and the use of common idioms within the language. What's the other signal that you guys are picking up, since my "radar" is tuned for normal discourse?

@danielb.1567 4 жыл бұрын

you sound like youre about to cry

@hyphenated-name881 4 жыл бұрын

Does racial and cultural diversity lead to a decrease in social cohesion? Yes or no?

@moonlitm3285 4 жыл бұрын

@@hyphenated-name881 No

@Avarice0918 4 жыл бұрын

@@hyphenated-name881 in these times no

@vladgaming6285 3 жыл бұрын

this virus doesnt care about skin color in the least. those hardest hit tend to be those in urban areas with high volumes of people. i and my wife both had the virus. mine was like a bad cold and she showed no symptoms. it all depends on your bodies health.

@vladgaming6285 3 жыл бұрын

@Kelpy cx all of what you said i agree with. that being said none of it has to do with skin color. in fact you just repeated exactly what i said. maybe you should bring your reading comprehension with you next time.

@Julian-mv5zi 4 жыл бұрын

it's shocking how calm they talk about "cancer alley" and that it there is 50x the change to get cancer and that there is nothing that somebody does about it. That the goverment doesn't do something, i don't get that

@LisaBeergutHolst 4 жыл бұрын

The term "sacrifice zones" says it all.

@nirajsingh8403 4 жыл бұрын

You do realize in real world the factories have to be somewhere

@Julian-mv5zi 4 жыл бұрын

Niraj Singh yeah but factories doesn’t have to emit so much they can put filters so people nearby doesn’t get cancer.

@mrigank8822 4 жыл бұрын

Laughs in delhi

@geniunerf4868 4 жыл бұрын

Why the laugh?

@hailabbadon2840 4 жыл бұрын

Delhi is the most polluted city in the world that’s why the laugh

@zack7122 4 жыл бұрын

chuckles in Beijing

@jonathanjeffrymulyana4390 4 жыл бұрын

Delhi surpassed beijing in pollution a while ago

@rodrigodias4134 4 жыл бұрын

nobody supects the Chernobyl radiation

@pavarottiaardvark3431 4 жыл бұрын

Look Vox, it's getting really difficult to pretend that racism is over when you keep pointing out structural inequalities, both current and historic!

@Happy_Shopper 4 жыл бұрын

@rickardkaufman3988 4 жыл бұрын

Vox never said racism is over.

@An_Ian 4 жыл бұрын

The laws that enforced racism are gone but the scars they made can still be felt today

@kazkikongokiller6447 4 жыл бұрын

The only racism I see these days is towards white people.

@tamarawynne424 4 жыл бұрын

The laws that enforced racism might be gone but the laws that support it sadly are not.

@wweweqws 4 жыл бұрын

@@tamarawynne424 give an example

@cadenceew7933 4 жыл бұрын

wweweqws I’ll give you a few. Weed is still illegal federally. Some prison systems are still private. Prison systems in general. Gerrymandering. Federal minimum wage. Loan sharks are still legally aloud to operate. Here’s a more historical example; the creation of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendment which still led to the civil rights movement. Not only were blacks not free under the law at some point, but bridging this gap still didn’t solve a huge problem that they faced and still face today. This in turn led to the activism seen in the civil rights movement. Equal under the law doesn’t mean equal. The reduction of racism in the US doesn’t mean many blacks aren’t oppressed by laws that were enacted before they were born, or scars left in a time they didn’t know. Another law is the funding and legalization/modern militarization of police forces in the US. Another one is healthcare. Another is the heartbeat law. Another is college scholarships/sports that don’t pay college athletes. A pretty big way to exploit communities without paying them back. I mean I could go on, but I think you get the gist of things. That isn’t even going over the rampart affects of poverty and crime created by segregation and economic suppression that are still seen today.

@soraEugene 4 жыл бұрын

what is the law that enforces racism? can you enlighten me?

@johnnyxcash1362 3 жыл бұрын

i guess we're blaming white people again?

@undyingrevenant2734 3 жыл бұрын

@FIVOTHREEFOUR it's racist to call Asian people yellow as well so I think we need to get them also guilty, make em realize their original sin or whatever *current news story* states

@bellairefondren7389 3 жыл бұрын

Vox literally described it as an environmental health attributable to oil and gas companies.

@ProfessorEGadd 3 жыл бұрын

You just love to play the victim don't you?

@TheAgamidaex 4 жыл бұрын

One county in Ohio even declared racism a health risk a few days ago. Yes, for real. For these exact reasons.

@dylanwaldegar3259 4 жыл бұрын

@@mcloathin3354 No. First of all, white people can't experience racism. Secondly, while that event is quite tragic, it is the fault of the company, and not the state. The reason black people and other minorities getting sick is racist is because due to America's past of racism , they have been forced into these areas where they are exposed to harmful substances, thus them becoming ill.

@tarrahforcier477 4 жыл бұрын

@@dylanwaldegar3259 hold up, white people can experience racism, maybe not in this situation, but in general we can.

@dylanwaldegar3259 4 жыл бұрын

@@tarrahforcier477 Not really. There's not many places where we have been, where we have not been the oppressor at one point in time. Racism is systematic, and when the system was built by us, it's going to harm us the least. Although, that doesn't mean we can't experience judgement or scrutiny ( even though most times we deserve it).

@emersonnavin5840 4 жыл бұрын

You’re ridiculous. Go home.

@dylanwaldegar3259 4 жыл бұрын

@starlight_93 Racism is SYSTEMATIC by DEFINITION. You can literally Google it

@ziqi92 4 жыл бұрын

Everyone reading this comment, I hope you’re doing ok. Stay safe out there. Good luck.

@nanonasone3113 4 жыл бұрын

You too mate

@whalienabi 4 жыл бұрын

You as well 💞

@danisstuff1438 4 жыл бұрын

You too soldier :)

@deermancool9095 4 жыл бұрын

you too thx

@aubsmart86 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing this information! I knew it was bad, but I didn’t realize how bad these particular areas were. This is maddening! So much needs to change!

@PBNrandom 4 жыл бұрын

8:08 Remember when Trump asked African-Americans "What have you got to lose" by voting for him? Turns out, it would be their own lives.

@billelbahlouli3408 4 жыл бұрын

Stealing comment, good one

@sarahelo9656 4 жыл бұрын

Remember when Joe Biden said “If you don’t vote for me, you ain’t black?” Turns out Democrat’s still think they own Blacks.

@sydneydiane7070 4 жыл бұрын

And freaking health care and quality and actually diverse school

@sydneydiane7070 4 жыл бұрын

Schools

@RichardMiller-tq6ut 3 жыл бұрын

Oh so Trump made these people sick! 😂

@ryana8328 4 жыл бұрын

I live here. I'm stuck here. These plants/refineries and contractors pay so well there's nothing else I can go do and make the money I'm making here.

@stephkim00 4 жыл бұрын

Short answer: poverty

@Muhdah1972 4 жыл бұрын

@Stephanie Kim Also doesn't help that the toxic plants moved into these communities without informing residents of the dangers

@FHL-Devils 4 жыл бұрын

Another short answer - religious gatherings.

@thaariqbinaziz2821 4 жыл бұрын

Its genetics,its explain the crime rate too

@SuiteVII 4 жыл бұрын

*ONE of the answers. When you are African American, money hardly matters.

@delulu6969 4 жыл бұрын

@Prevailing Right Work hard isn't enough when there's systemic discrimination against you. Your simple logic applies to the privilege.

@rafaelbenyisrael144 3 жыл бұрын

Oprah had that "I like to move it move it" dress on

@davidanthony6408 4 жыл бұрын

These large filthy rich corporations should pay the expense to relocate all of these residents to a safer place to live.

@winlawson7341 4 жыл бұрын

Nothing wrong about the title. It is objectively true that black people have been hit harder by the pandemic. The video offers a reason why supported by evidence.

@neoasura 4 жыл бұрын

A possible reason, but not THE reason.

@winlawson7341 4 жыл бұрын

@@neoasura it says "one reason" not "the reason"

@winlawson7341 4 жыл бұрын

@Archnid 001 I believe you're saying that regardless of reason pointing out that black people are hit harder by the virus makes them more likely to be targeted. While your point is valid, what else are we supposed to do? The issue in the video is important and needs to be addressed, how else could we solve the problem?

@abhishekupadhyay2721 4 жыл бұрын

I'm sorry for every life loss to the community. God bless you. I have no other words other Than disappointing and anger.

@FHL-Devils 4 жыл бұрын

"god bless you" is a major cause of continuing outbreaks, given that religious gatherings are exempt from quarantine in many southern states. It's interesting how this video conveniently ignored that very simple fact.

@GDAWG1k 4 жыл бұрын

This pandemic must cause change to the US

@gcheck158 3 жыл бұрын

This seems more like a class issue instead of a race issue

@Cyber_Nomad01 3 жыл бұрын

Black Americans choose to live in big cities, which means they are more likely to breath in more pollution than others.

@madamemoiselle 2 жыл бұрын

You are as ignorant as they say you’re kind is.

@eustatic3832 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful analysis, trying redlining to air pollution. Thanks for featuring Dr Bullard

@jasonpearson4485 4 жыл бұрын

To me it makes sense to put poor neighborhoods near the factories because those who live in the poor neighborhoods are going to go work in the factories.

@cadenceew7933 4 жыл бұрын

Jason Pearson those people don’t often get those jobs as was said in the video. I would also assume that most of residents would want the choice of specific (usually low paying) wages or cancer. Poor people are almost always hit the hardest by environmental conditions. I wish it was helpful, but it’s just greed and American history.

@lemonade4181 3 жыл бұрын

@@jasonpearson4485 It makes more sense not to put them in neighbourhoods at all. Throw your factories into the country.

@Dudemon-1 Жыл бұрын

Very poor analysis. ER visits are often because of people who choose not to get health insurance, so they aren't necessarily an indicator of more problems. But notice they don't do the full analysis.

@rebecamarte8076 4 жыл бұрын

this video would have been helpful yesterday when I was writing my anthro essay on why COVID-19 disproportionately affects black people :(

@unscenegamers 4 жыл бұрын

@You Mad? Oh, thank you Dr. MacStuffup

@rebecamarte8076 4 жыл бұрын

@You Mad? Nothing else? - Many African-Americans from impoverished areas in the US are less likely to have health insurance and more likely to live within overcrowded accommodations. -Many African-Americans are considered essential service workers, which puts them directly in the line of Covid-19's fire. -Covid-19 has also affected low income families, and "low income" disproportionately means "black" or "brown" in the US. -African-Americans are more likely to have underlying health conditions associated with fatality. -The spread of misinformation and rumours that claim that people of African descent are immune to the virus.

@robinhood4640 4 жыл бұрын

@You Mad? Maybe you should educate yourself on why everybody, irrespective of skin colour, is in need of way more vitamin D. Increasing the flow from the tap is only one way of keeping a leaky sink full.

@patzizan_1009 4 жыл бұрын

Idk for u bout as a foreigner i assumed that the reason for this is redlining

@patzizan_1009 4 жыл бұрын

Travel 4k hmm i take that as a win in both scenario

@stewartroeling5856 4 жыл бұрын

baton rouge born and raised and this is sadly accurate

@aaajamesbond2995 4 жыл бұрын

This is a genuine question I'd like to ask to a professional : The Air Quality Index (AQI) of Louisiana is around 0-50 for most parts and goes max to 67 in certain areas... which is comparatively good if you know the chart ...Whereas a city in India name Delhi had a record breaking 999 value somewhere during a festival. To all those who are not aware ( Just above 100 is considered to be hazardous ) Now is there any connection between the cancer valley and the AQI ? Or AQI doesn't play much of an important role in detecting the cancer particles or other forms of pollution affecting health ?

@amankhanna6624 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly! Currently, even during a national lockdown it rarely dipped below 50.

@graciclecastle 4 жыл бұрын

I'm not an expert at all but the contaminants measured by AQI are ground-level ozone , particle pollution (PM2.5 and PM10) , carbon monoxide, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. This doesn't include the carcinogens from petrochemical plants. The contaminants measured by the AQI may cause any number of respiratory/cardiovascular diseases, but probably not cancer.

@aaajamesbond2995 4 жыл бұрын

@@graciclecastle thank you grace

@tejakonduri2147 3 жыл бұрын

Not an expert. Also to add on what has been said, the petrochemical industry most likely pollutes the water and soil in the area as well. The carcinogens from the plant find a way to enter the body through food and water too, not just the respiratory route.

@kylee6051 3 жыл бұрын

To add to what Teja said, pollutants can enter the body in a number of ways. In Cancer Alley it can be inhalation, ingestion (via the polluted drinking water, agricultural products and seafood), and even dermally (through the skin due to the pollutants raining down and settling on surfaces).

@paulinet4994 4 жыл бұрын

Wow eye opening. The US needs proper health care for these communities. This is so sad. Pollution also needs to stop. Pollution can be just as deadly as coronavirus. Man the world is in shambles right now.

@holitinne 4 жыл бұрын

Could’ve mentioned the name of the area or location but nooooo... it had to be *BLACK PEOPLE* .

@hyphenated-name881 4 жыл бұрын

Does racial and cultural diversity lead to a decrease in social cohesion? Yes or no?

@danielb.1567 4 жыл бұрын

they love to race bait, don't they?

@ASMRPeople 4 жыл бұрын

Certainly a lot of factors cause coronavirus inequalities, however I'm beginning to believe vitamin d deficiency is the largest factor. Those of color have greater prevalence vitamin d deficiency. We're starting to get studies trickling in that suggest vitamin d levels have a major impact in covid outcomes.

@cadenceew7933 4 жыл бұрын

Yup, it definitely ain’t the cancer lol. It ain’t the adverse health problems. It ain’t the lung problems. It’s vitamin d. Ok champ.

@stev6963 4 жыл бұрын

This is so messed up...

@hellrockyo 4 жыл бұрын

8:38 This image make me wanna quit chemical engineering degree......

@marcojansen4933 4 жыл бұрын

Dont quit. Just make it safer

@trulyUnAssuming 4 жыл бұрын

Don't. Instead try to come up with ways to contain chemicals better, convert them into harmless materials or avoid producing them altogether by coming up with alternative materials and/or production methods. This image is why you should continue studying.

@austinmoon6974 4 жыл бұрын

Exactly what these people said!

@ilya1421 4 жыл бұрын

Don't do that because if these There are pros and can be everywhere

@samcooke343 4 жыл бұрын

@@AustinGDesigns Most people who use it are, though.

@kylobish3064 4 жыл бұрын

I’m just saying if I called my friends African American they would laugh at me. Black is the word they prefer and to be specified as...

@tiredox3788 4 жыл бұрын

Just your Friends.

@xxjayy0xx466 4 жыл бұрын

they just feel more comfortable with u calling them black

@mrmartin889900 4 жыл бұрын

only pandering racist white liberals call blacks African amercans

@ikeblack3647 4 жыл бұрын

tell that to the black guy who called me racist for saying "black" and not African American. i had to beat my non racist believes into him... it was self defense. i swear

@xxjayy0xx466 4 жыл бұрын

Ike Black the black guy must be on something cs black ppl like to be called black than african american

@tarcal87 4 жыл бұрын

2:28 How is that "1.5x more particles"? 34.5/18.8=1.84 That's 84% more, not 50% (1.5x). Worse, the charts are drawn wrong, too. Measuring the length in pixels, the top bar is exactly 2x as long as the bottom (someone took it easy). So it is _drawn_ as 2x, _said_ as 1.5x, _shown_ by numbers as 1.85x. What's the real data?

@KaranSingh-or7yy 4 жыл бұрын

💰 *Money & Power* ✊ : The problem & solution of mankind

@sam08g16 4 жыл бұрын

Being black and born in the U.S. seems to be an early death sentence

@liamgaine 4 жыл бұрын

@Tom Guadalupe how did you think they got there?

@JohnMatrixOfficial 4 жыл бұрын

@Alisa Hendels yes, "YOU" do have a choice! You're choosing to live in America! You dont have to.

@mikefrank6319 4 жыл бұрын

@Billionaire# Vision Why are you entitled to the land. Why do you think you have more rights than other Americans.

@olivermoloneydaly9069 4 жыл бұрын

@Tom Guadalupe thats hella racist

@thaariqbinaziz2821 4 жыл бұрын

@@olivermoloneydaly9069 but its true thou ,in africa people have higher mortality rate than america

@AdamSmith-vj5uk 4 жыл бұрын

2:20 woah, look at the legend. What kind of distribution is that????

@cian1170 4 жыл бұрын

Probably a relatively normal one for predominantly black neighbourhoods?

@pauloketch4635 4 жыл бұрын

Good eye . With that kind of distribution you’re always going to find black people everywhere.

@DirtyPoul 4 жыл бұрын

@@pauloketch4635 I don't get it. What's the problem?

@margueritehebert5389 3 жыл бұрын

Reserve St. John the Baptist parish is my hometown. I grew up there. My mom died of cancer. My aunt and uncle died of cancer. Remember always hearing of neighbors getting cancer. My parents always called it the big C word . Almost as if saying the word was a curse in itself.

@margueritehebert5389 3 жыл бұрын

My growing up was along the river road between reserve and lutcher. Which was where most my family and cousins were located. St John and St James Parish. Nothing but chemical plants along the river road. Everyone had at least a couple of family members that have passed with cancer. All you have to do is ask.

@bethbloomer5951 3 жыл бұрын

You must be black then, following the logic of this ridiculous video.

@MrMelgibstein 3 жыл бұрын

Maglio Christopher & Toale, P.A. is one of the few law firms in the country reviewing and representing people with COVID-19 vaccine injury cases.

@hectorhernandez6814 2 жыл бұрын

They can review all they want, however, the pharmaceutical companies will not be held liable.

@JDOrtiz-qt8zm 4 жыл бұрын

Why the state government haven’t done anything

@mr.techaky7655 4 жыл бұрын

Cause.... money? Everyone knows if you got enough dough anything is legal.

@saltymonke3682 4 жыл бұрын

because they are the biggest tax contributor to Louisiana. In fact, Exxon Mobil plant is in front of their state capitol building.

@kustomized4886 4 жыл бұрын

$$$$$$

@OmegaSeraphim 4 жыл бұрын

The state created this. The legislature is making money off of big oil.

@latashathomas4239 4 жыл бұрын

Because they're poor and Black.

@taolai2443 4 жыл бұрын

To the 1% of the people reading this, have a good day!

@banaway313 4 жыл бұрын

you too mate

@elviswong687 4 жыл бұрын

You too!

@phungnhuong2728 4 жыл бұрын

You too.

@waldek0213 4 жыл бұрын

you too!

@harkmovies7368 4 жыл бұрын

tao lai I hope you mean it and not just do it for some likes

@dyscea 4 жыл бұрын

The moment I heard this statistic, I knew it had to do with racial disparity. Thanks for offering a reason.

@marinaelliott8668 4 жыл бұрын

How are these chemical companies not regulated? Shouldn't there be a safe way to get rid of waste without unleashing it into the river or the air?

@12akul 4 жыл бұрын

But here in Delhi where air is extremely toxic we have a much lower death rate than the global average. I don't think this 'reason' is very well researched.

@laetrille 4 жыл бұрын

That's unscientific

@sleepyardyt4413 4 жыл бұрын

I think Delhi air pollution is different from this petrochemical air pollution

@moimui 4 жыл бұрын

Delhi isn’t a hotspot for coronavirus. Besides, this is about ONE of the reasons- many other factors come to play. But to pretend that the poor living environments black people are forced to live in in the US doesn’t play a huge role, especially in NOLA, in the declining health of black people (especially in comparison to their white counterparts) would be silly.

@jamesbrownization 4 жыл бұрын

You also need to take into account who is being tested, how many tests have been completed, and how the authorities report deaths. For example, the UK is not reporting Covid-19 deaths that happen outside of a hospital. The cases and deaths in Delhi will be considerably higher than we are aware of.

@ilikeediting649 4 жыл бұрын

👀 me waiting for the controversy due to the title

@asherjackson4504 4 жыл бұрын

How is it controversial? I’m genuinely confused can someone please explain...

@braydenjohnson2090 4 жыл бұрын

Asher Jackson they change it all the time

@oiaeyu 4 жыл бұрын

@@asherjackson4504 the right wing trolls think its controversial. Thats all u need to know that there is no logic to it.

@-lll-ll-llll-AVE 4 жыл бұрын

There’s no controversy to be had, it’s just the sad hard truth and it’s the subject of the video.. if, after watching it, you don’t think Black communities are unequally falling victim to diseases such as covid, then I don’t know what you were paying attention to during the explanation... Stop starting pointless drama and say what you want to say if you have anything to say

@jasonpearson4485 4 жыл бұрын

AVE all they showed were mines ands factories that pollute. There are thousands of factories in the us and they showed two with a majority black population and said “yep that’s racist”

@turkeyman631 3 жыл бұрын

Pretty much theyre calling black people poor

@ProfessorEGadd 3 жыл бұрын

That's statitically true though. What's the alternative? That they make a video about every single person individually?

@michaelasultan4599 4 жыл бұрын

I guess Black American’s History is just the same with the Filipino History that still lingers today

@Lana-nu1mh 4 жыл бұрын

They destroyed the only Filipino community in the past. And said they would give us better homes but instead left us to live in the streets.

@michaelasultan4599 3 жыл бұрын

@Berry McCockinner I’m not crying. I guess you’re just pretending. U’re spelling is wrong.

@michaelasultan4599 3 жыл бұрын

@Berry McCockinner I pity you💁🏻‍♀️

@michaelasultan4599 3 жыл бұрын

@Berry McCockinner 😌

@thomasmend3869 4 жыл бұрын

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@lordgoose4095 4 жыл бұрын

Kez shut up

@blackdragon9001 4 жыл бұрын

@@kezzatube45 soya

@pak-gg5601 4 жыл бұрын

This video reminds me of the “dark winter trailer” for the divison

@nufflemuffin 3 жыл бұрын

I remember when the virus first hit and the transmission rates of black people were really low. A group got together, not sure if they were radio, tv, or podcast hosts, who said black people can't get the virus. I wonder if that mindset made it so some people didn't follow protocol in less povershed places.

@RichardMiller-tq6ut 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah. Find a way to blame it on white people. That will help the problem

@kylee6051 3 жыл бұрын

@@RichardMiller-tq6ut Alex M never mentioned white people, why are you taking offense over nothing?

@RichardMiller-tq6ut 3 жыл бұрын

@@kylee6051 You seem to be confused

@silviaborja6196 4 жыл бұрын

So this is why there's so many factories in my neighborhood:(

@bugspa5563 3 жыл бұрын

and thats why there are so many jobs

@cunpliy 3 жыл бұрын

@@bugspa5563 and thats why theres so much pollution

@kylee6051 3 жыл бұрын

@@bugspa5563 But the jobs don't go to the poor.

@Space_Reptile 4 жыл бұрын

im sure its hitting italians and chinese pretty hard too oh and the UK w/ its 16% mortality rate

@user-nn5wy1zn2c 4 жыл бұрын

As well as Brazil and Russia, but Americans usually don’t acknowledge anyone besides them

@alphabettical1 4 жыл бұрын

I think this video is talking about /within/ America, so yeah, it's all about them

@danielb.1567 4 жыл бұрын

@@alphabettical1 what about white NYers?

@i.147 4 жыл бұрын

The Navajo Nation has the highest infection rate and the US are doing nothing to help them.

@maxonite 4 жыл бұрын

@@user-nn5wy1zn2c Literally a video about the situation in America by a channel that almost exclusively focuses on America. There's absolutely nothing wrong with local media focusing on the country. You're getting mad for no reason.

@lebunnie 4 жыл бұрын

As someone who lives in Louisiana, and specifically in Baton Rouge, I applaud this video!!! This is a terrible truth. Not just of the chemical plants, but also of the racial inequality.