African Americans
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| Actors | Will Smith |
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| Abolitionists | Harriet Tubman |
| Frederick Douglass | |
| Music groups | Black people |
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About African Americans
African Americans are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa. The phrase generally refers to descendants of enslaved black people who are from the United States.
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Coronavirus a devastating impact in African-American neighborhoods
Chicago has a total of 98 deaths, with 72% of the black inhabitants
naked Statistics , Chicago , health officials have highlighted the high toll of corona virus to black Americans.
Black Chicagoans account for half of all coronavirus cases in The City , and More Than 70% of the deaths, although it is up to 30% of the population.
Other cities with large black populations, including Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans and New York , have coronavirus-hotspots.
The US received nearly 370,000 virus cases-cases and almost 11,000 deaths.
Worldwide, almost 75,000 deaths and More Than 1. 3m-total number of cases.
What to do in Chicago , the Statistics show?As of the 5. April, 1,824 from Chicago 4,680 Covid confirmed 19 cases the black residents were said to representatives of The City on Monday.
That compared with 847 white, 478 Hispanic and 126 Asian Chicagoans.
Chicago has seen the total of 98 deaths of Sunday, 72% of the black population.
The difference is reflected in the whole state, where Black People , 41% of the Covid-19 deaths, in spite of up to 14% of the population of Illinois.
Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady told reporters that the black residents of The City lived, on average, about 8. 8 years less than their white counterparts.
mayor Lori Lightfoot , said the coronavirus was "devastating black Chicago ".
The City inspectors would be sent to the said, in the shops, in order to ensure that each was the compliance with social distancing policies.
mayor Lightfoot also raised the possibility of curfews in areas where people gathered in front of liquor stores,
What the picture is nationwide?Although the coronavirus was recognized as the "great equalizer", the data suggests that the susceptibility to the infection, depending on the neighborhood.
In Michigan, African-Americans Make Up 14% of the population, but they account for 33% of all coronavirus cases and 41% of deaths, figures from The State health Department showed on Monday.
the White residents Make Up about 23% of the cases in Michigan and 28% of the deaths, according to the data.
Detroit, Michigan, approximately 80% black, and The City along with the suburbs, around 80% of the confirmed coronavirus cases.
A similar disparity. in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, one of The Most segregated cities in the United States
African Americans , almost half of Milwaukee County with almost 1,000 cases of Last Friday , and 81% of the 27 deaths, despite Black People accounting for 26% of the population there,
In heavily affected Louisiana, More Than 70% of The People who died are, of Covid-19 are black, despite African Americans Making Up 32% of The Gulf state's population.
approximately 40% of the Louisiana coronavirus deaths occurred in the New Orleans area, where the majority of the residents are black.
health officials have predicted, the Big Easy, residents suffer from among the rates of obesity, diabetes and hypertension, which are higher than The National average, which makes them more susceptible to Covid-19.
What is behind the mismatch in Chicago ?the mayor, Lightfoot said, diabetes, heart disease, and respiratory diseases were widespread in "really far" in black communities.
Dr. Arwady told reporters that even if everyone in The City have access to a doctor, "we still see significant health disparities because of food deserts and lack of roads passable".
Dr Cameron Webb , an African-American physician who is running for Congress in the U.S. state of Virginia, told Bbc News that the US racial and economic inequalities were reinforced by the pandemic.
"It's really our society's Fault Lines ," He Said .
Jason Alderman Ervin, the Chairman of the Chicago council's black caucus that "rates of non-compliance in some parts of The City with the stay-at-home-jobs" can also contribute to the Statistics .
coronavirus pandemic, chicago, united states, us race relations
Source of news: bbc.com
