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Even when racism doesn?t go viral, it still kills. | ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW

Even when racism doesn’t go viral, it still kills. 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Since then, American public schools have become more segregated, and about 15 percent of black or Hispanic students attend so-called “apartheid schools” that are less than 1 percent white. - Black patients who sought medical treatment this spring for a fever and cough were less likely to be tested for the coronavirus than whites with the same symptoms. And the result of the coronavirus mass layoffs is that fewer than half of African-American adults now have a job. America was galvanized by the George Floyd video and its monstrousness, but none of these facts is particularly visual, and they probably won’t be the subject of a video that might wake people up. They represent a kind of invisible, structural racism and violence that perpetuates inequality — and that’s the topic of [my column](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8wNi9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9nZW9yZ2UtZmxveWQtc3RydWN0dXJhbC1yYWNpc20uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xOTE1NCZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMDI3MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADt-89te1IFtmlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA) today. [Please read](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0TvaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNi8wNi9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9nZW9yZ2UtZmxveWQtc3RydWN0dXJhbC1yYWNpc20uaHRtbD9jYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0xOTE1NCZubD1uaWNob2xhcy1rcmlzdG9mJnJlZ2lfaWQ9Nzc2NzQ5NTImc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMDI3MiZ0ZT0xJnVzZXJfaWQ9YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDdXA255dEIKADt-89te1IFtmlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luOTBAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAA)! If Cameras Were Allowed in Prisons … As my column makes clear, we’re having this conversation about race because of the George Floyd video. Police misconduct has gone on forever, but now cellphone video creates some accountability. Phones are not, of course, allowed in jails and prisons, and I think that’s one reason brutality flourishes behind prison walls. It’s easy to ignore when we’re not forced to face it — which makes it especially important that we create other mechanisms for accountability for violence in jails and prisons. 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The Times reports that more states are now seeing increases than decreases, with Texas and Arizona among those experiencing significant increases. When I passed through Phoenix to [report on Navajo Nation](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0TtaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubnl0aW1lcy5jb20vMjAyMC8wNS8zMC9vcGluaW9uL3N1bmRheS9jb3JvbmF2aXJ1cy1uYXRpdmUtYW1lcmljYW5zLmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA2MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTkxNTQmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzAyNzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA7fvPbXtSBbZpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~), I was struck by how few people were wearing masks, and I fear it could get worse there. The Times is providing free access to[much of our coronavirus coverage](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P4RSAWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3Lm55dGltZXMuY29tL25ld3MtZXZlbnQvY29yb25hdmlydXM_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9MCZjYW1wYWlnbl9pZD00NSZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYwMyZlbWM9ZWRpdF9ua18yMDIwMDYwNiZpbnN0YW5jZV9pZD0wJmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE5MTU0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2Ymbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTAmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTAmc2VnbWVudF9pZD0zMDI3MiZ0ZT0xJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD04YWI5NjdiYTc1NWFiNDkxNjNjMmM5NmRkODQ4ZDYyOSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA7fvPbXtSBbZpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~); this newsletter, as well as our[Coronavirus Briefing newsletter](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-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~), are free. 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You can find it [here](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0TuaHR0cHM6Ly9pbXBhY3RhbWVyaWNhLmNvbS90aGUtbmV3LXlvcmstdGltZXMtd2hlbi13aGl0ZXMtanVzdC1kb250LWdldC1pdC1wYXJ0cy0xLTcvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNjA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE5MTU0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMwMjcyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAO37z217UgW2aUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). 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I was speaking of the issues in my column with a young colleague in The Times Opinion section, Gina Cherelus, and she mentioned that she had attended the kind of unequal schools I cite in my column. Here’s her take: [Continue reading the main story](#a11y-skip-2) ADVERTISEMENT ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk1JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAO37z217UgW2aUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk2JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAO37z217UgW2aUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ ~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0RtaHR0cHM6Ly9saXZlaW50ZW50Lm5ld3lvcmt0aW1lc2luZm8uY29tL2NsaWNrP3M9NzI4Njk4JmxpPU5LJm09YWE0OTFlZjdmMWQ5NjRlNDk3OWZiNzg0ZTc0ZTAxZDcmcD1OS18yMDIwMDYwNlcDbnl0QgoAO37z217UgW2aUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~ When I was first affected by structural racism, I didn’t realize it. It was in the 1990s and I was a young black student in Broward County, Fla., working my way through a broken school system. One of the middle schools I attended [closed](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0TeaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cubWlhbWloZXJhbGQuY29tL25ld3MvbG9jYWwvZWR1Y2F0aW9uL2FydGljbGUxOTU0MDE2Lmh0bWw_Y2FtcGFpZ25faWQ9NDUmZW1jPWVkaXRfbmtfMjAyMDA2MDYmaW5zdGFuY2VfaWQ9MTkxNTQmbmw9bmljaG9sYXMta3Jpc3RvZiZyZWdpX2lkPTc3Njc0OTUyJnNlZ21lbnRfaWQ9MzAyNzImdGU9MSZ1c2VyX2lkPWFhNDkxZWY3ZjFkOTY0ZTQ5NzlmYjc4NGU3NGUwMWQ3VwNueXRCCgA7fvPbXtSBbZpSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjkwQGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAAA~~) after years of low funding, low proficiency in state testing and behavioral issues from students and [teachers](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P0T6aHR0cHM6Ly9taWFtaS5jYnNsb2NhbC5jb20vMjAxMi8wMi8yMi9icm93YXJkLXNjaG9vbC1kaXN0cmljdC1yZW1vdmVzLXRlYWNoZXItYW1pZC1hYnVzZS1jbGFpbXMvP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNjA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE5MTU0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMwMjcyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAO37z217UgW2aUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~). In high school, as student government vice president, I would often visit other, more affluent schools, like Cypress Bay High or Stoneman Douglas High, for meetings. A few minutes on their campuses was enough to confirm that the education I was receiving at Boyd H. Anderson High was not equal. That the resources my teachers (some of them amazing educators) were given were not equal. That the guidance that was made available to help students transition to college and a good career path was not equal. Because of school zoning, the schools I attended reflected their communities and were always majority black and Hispanic. Around the [start of the 2019-2020 school year](~/AAAAAQA~/RgRgvnh-P4Q-AWh0dHBzOi8vd3d3LmJyb3dhcmRzY2hvb2xzLmNvbS9jbXMvbGliL0ZMMDE4MDM2NTYvQ2VudHJpY2l0eS9kb21haW4vMTM0MjUvZGF0YS9lbnJvbGxtZW50JTIwcHJvamVjdGlvbnMvY291bnRzLzIwMTktMjAvYmVuY2htYXJrL0FwcGVuZGl4JTIwQyUyMERpdmVyc2l0eSUyMDE5MjAucGRmP2NhbXBhaWduX2lkPTQ1JmVtYz1lZGl0X25rXzIwMjAwNjA2Jmluc3RhbmNlX2lkPTE5MTU0Jm5sPW5pY2hvbGFzLWtyaXN0b2YmcmVnaV9pZD03NzY3NDk1MiZzZWdtZW50X2lkPTMwMjcyJnRlPTEmdXNlcl9pZD1hYTQ5MWVmN2YxZDk2NGU0OTc5ZmI3ODRlNzRlMDFkN1cDbnl0QgoAO37z217UgW2aUht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW45MEBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAAAA~), my old high school had 1,730 students in enrollment, with only 8 percent white, compared to 89 percent black and about 92 percent of students were on free or reduced lunch. On the plus side, I’m grateful to have not grown up feeling like a minority in my classrooms, to have had black teachers and teachers of color every year I was a student and managing to graduate and go on to college. 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