As thousands of people march in the streets to protest police brutality, many worry about the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Protesters do not always social...
Brooke Cunningham is a general internist, a sociologist, and an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at University of Minnesota. Her research focuses on developing strategies for health care providers to address racism as a health risk factor.s thousands of people march in the streets to protest police brutality, many worry about the risk of COVID-19 transmission. Protesters do not always social distance or wear masks.
Racist societies—whose norms, social policies, and institutions systematically disadvantage people of color relative to white people—are by definition violent. The[my emphasis], threatened or actual, against oneself, another person, or against a group or community, which either results in or has a high likelihood of resulting in injury, death, psychological harm, maldevelopment, or deprivation.” Police in the U.S. have always used violence to maintain the racial order.
Oppressed people will resist the “knee on their neck;” they will fight to breathe; and they will find allies. Today’s protesters are working across historical divisions to create an inclusive, equitable, democratic society in which we are all valued, in which risk and opportunity are not disproportionately distributed by race, in which police do not kill black people with impunity. Protesting is critical, urgent, and, unfortunately, risky.
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