THREAD: Who are the essential workers in America’s locked down cities? Mostly people of color and women.http://apne.ws/TY5xNY9
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When Jane St. Louis gets home from work, it takes an hour for her to clean herself up. The grocery store worker fears getting coronavirus and spreading it to her family.pic.twitter.com/otRbtFnzT7
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Workers deemed “essential” are more likely to live below the federal poverty line or hover just above it, according to an
@AP analysis of census data in the country’s 100 largest cities.http://apne.ws/IB5nS7DShow this thread -
Desmond Hill’s partner was among the thousands of New York City subway conductors who contracted COVID-19. Back on the job after a quarantine, Hill sometimes thinks, “Why am I out here doing this?”pic.twitter.com/nDa0B8D0jd
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Experts say the coronavirus pandemic has shined a spotlight on workers who have always been essential, but up until now were invisible.http://apne.ws/1d1fbBq
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POC are this country's Essentials. When will they be treated like it?
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No no no... COLOR, is blue eyes. It cannot be 80%, 100% of all doors are commanded by dark people: janitors, porters, security guards, bouncers, receptionists, secretaries, telephonists, cashiers, deliveries, messengers, drivers, bell boys, subway conductors, police, nurses...
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