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Articles by Beverly Bain
Black People In The Age Of COVID-19: When Policing And Public Health Collide
The claim that COVID-19 and its associated medical and social responses do not discriminate belies the history of how pandemics work and who is most impacted by them. States of emergency show that citizenship privileges some, is partial for others and disappears others. In our early analysis of national media coverage, those experts sharing the grim statistics of infections and deaths, those front-line workers seen as risking their lives and those who have lost loved ones are predominantly white.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
About the authors: OmiSoore Dryden is the James R. Johnston Chair, Black Canadian Studies at Dalhousie University. Beverly Bain is Professor in Women and Gender Studies-UTM Campus at the University of Toronto. Rinaldo Walcott Director of Women and Gender Studies Institute at University of Toronto. The claim that COVID-19 and its associated medical and social responses do not discriminate belies the history of how pandemics work and who is most impacted by them.
Coronavirus versus BIPOC lives: Surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
by Beverly Bain, Omisoore Dryden and Rinaldo Walcott, The Conversation Credit: CC0 Public Domain The claim that COVID-19 and its associated medical and social responses do not discriminate belies the history of how pandemics work and who is most impacted by them. States of emergency show that citizenship privileges some, is partial for others and disappears others.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
The claim that COVID-19 and its associated medical and social responses do not discriminate belies the history of how pandemics work and who is most impacted by them. States of emergency show that citizenship privileges some, is partial for others and disappears others. In our early analysis of national media coverage, those experts sharing the grim statistics of infections and deaths, those front-line workers seen as risking their lives and those who have lost loved ones are predominantly white.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
The claim that COVID-19 and its associated medical and social responses do not discriminate belies the history of how pandemics work and who is most impacted by them. States of emergency show that citizenship privileges some, is partial for others and disappears others. In our early analysis of national media coverage, those experts sharing the grim statistics of infections and deaths, those front-line workers seen as risking their lives and those who have lost loved ones are predominantly white.
Coronavirus discriminates against Black lives through surveillance, policing and the absence of health data
A woman waits for a streetcar in Toronto on April 16, 2020. The many Black people working in essential jobs do not have the luxury of staying home during the pandemic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette Beverly Bain, University of Toronto; OmiSoore Dryden, Dalhousie University, and Rinaldo Walcott, University of Toronto The claim that COVID-19 and its associated medical and social responses do not discriminate belies the history of how pandemics work and who is most impacted by them.
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Police do not belong in Pride
On Dec 10, the Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) released “A Collective Impact,” an interim report on its inquiry into racial profiling and racial discrimination of Black people by the Toronto Police Service (TPS). The findings revealed what many in Black communities have been saying for decades: that Black people are more likely than others to end up dead at the hands of police and that anti-Black racism drives policing practices in the city.
Beverly Bain
Funeral services for Beverly Bain, 75-year-old Buffalo woman who passed away early Friday morning at her residence in Casper, will be held at 10 a.m. Aug. 2 at the Assembly of God Church in Buffalo. There will be a luncheon to follow at the church. Donations in Beverly’s memory may be made to the Assembly of God Church in care of Harness Funeral Home at 351 N. Adams in Buffalo. Online condolences may be made at www.harnessfuneralhome.com. Beverly Ann was born Jan.
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This past Sunday, Blackness Yes celebrated 19 years of Blockorama. “Blocko,” as it is more popularly known, is an event that brings thousands together every year to celebrate Black queer pride. Though Blocko has grown to become a protected and joyful space, it has been hard won by community activists who had to continuously battle the corporate mission of the Pride committee in order to maintain its stature, physical space and funding.
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