Guno צְבִי
We fight, We win
For so many years in this country I have heard the “personal responsibility” rant used against the Black community, blaming us for conditions that we had little control over. We have been blamed for so long, that some of us even throw out the ridiculous remark that “we are our own worst enemy.” These things infuriate me. I’m wondering where these arguments about “personal responsibility” are for White people in the resurgence of the coronavirus.
There is a clear pattern when you look at the pandemic maps now. Small rural communities in these states are being hammered by the virus. The President and Vice President who have consistently downplayed, and even intimated that the virus is not a concern at all, are standing by watching millions of people being infected and are practically mute on the topic.
President Trump tweeted on November 19 that the “Mortality rate is 85% down!” There is no sensible reason for anyone to say something so untrue. At least one American is dying on average every minute from the coronavirus. We are seeing more than a million new cases per week, yet the White House Coronavirus Taskforce has only held one public briefing since July, that was on November 19.
In Milwaukee, when the virus was devastating the Black community, we heard calls for Black people to “do better.” Nationally there were assumptions made that the virus would not impact White people because they were acting “responsibly.” As I said then, the virus does not discriminate based on race.
Now that we have clear evidence of the impact on the White community in metro Milwaukee we still see Whites refusing to wear masks and demanding that schools reopen in person with little to no regard for the adults in the schools.
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com...eople-take-personal-responsibility-age-covid/
There is a clear pattern when you look at the pandemic maps now. Small rural communities in these states are being hammered by the virus. The President and Vice President who have consistently downplayed, and even intimated that the virus is not a concern at all, are standing by watching millions of people being infected and are practically mute on the topic.
President Trump tweeted on November 19 that the “Mortality rate is 85% down!” There is no sensible reason for anyone to say something so untrue. At least one American is dying on average every minute from the coronavirus. We are seeing more than a million new cases per week, yet the White House Coronavirus Taskforce has only held one public briefing since July, that was on November 19.
In Milwaukee, when the virus was devastating the Black community, we heard calls for Black people to “do better.” Nationally there were assumptions made that the virus would not impact White people because they were acting “responsibly.” As I said then, the virus does not discriminate based on race.
Now that we have clear evidence of the impact on the White community in metro Milwaukee we still see Whites refusing to wear masks and demanding that schools reopen in person with little to no regard for the adults in the schools.
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com...eople-take-personal-responsibility-age-covid/
