The survey offers further proof that the heaviest impact of the outbreak often falls on Black and Latino households.
and frequently lacked proper protective equipment, such as masks, before such gear was required.
see is communities of color, Black or Latino communities, hurt more significantly because of the structures and systems in place,” Morita said. “They have less to begin with, less cushion to support them in these times of stress.... They bear the brunt of the impacts.”The poll, the first of five conducted by the researchers, surveyed 3,454 adults from July 1 to Aug. 3, including 512 adults in New York City, 507 in Los Angeles, 529 in Chicago and 447 in Houston. The margin of error is 3.
Saba Waheed, research director at the UCLA Labor Center, who was not involved in the survey, said the results reinforce the notion that the rapid spread of COVID-19 “made a lot of preexisting issues more visible.”
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