Jomills Braddock

by Jomills H. Braddock, II, Rachel E. Lautenschlager, Alex R. Piquero, and Nicole Leeper Piquero | October 27, 2020 Photo by Beautyiseverywhere (Source: Pixabay) Research shows that Blacks and Latinos are much more vulnerable to police misconduct than whites. Cell phone videos of Black individuals being the victim of excessive force—including deadly force—at the hands of (white) officers is seemingly becoming all too common.

Introduction Many public health scholars, activists, and leaders were not surprised to learn of dramatic racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 morbidity and mortality.1 Racial and ethnic minorities experience many chronic and acute illnesses at vastly higher rates than their white counterparts in the United States and die years earlier due to longstanding inequality in the resources necessary to protect health.

This article draws principally from the work of preeminent sociologist Alejandro Portes on the rise of Miami as a global city (segmented assimilation as well as the institutional bases for social cohesion amid diversity) to propose a blueprint for reducing social inequality in Greater Miami.