{"product_id":"the-pandemic-divide-9781478018537","title":"The Pandemic Divide","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors to The Pandemic Divide analyze and explain the myriad racial disparities that came to the forefront of the COVID-19 pandemic while highlighting what steps could have been taken to mitigate its impact.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Required, essential reading for Americans trying to reconcile their pandemic experiences.\" (starred review)  -- Tina Panik * Library Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Pandemic Divide\u003c\/i\u003e should appeal to anyone with an interest in social and cultural politics, and moreover policy. In a world that is continually racialised and then derided for being so, this book is an urgent reminder of how deep rooted systems operate in sinister ways to continually exploit, undermine, and undervalue whole swathes of the population.\" -- Georgia Bisbas * Lancet Infections Diseases *\u003cbr\u003e\"Disturbing but proactive....\" -- Andrew Robinson * Nature *\u003cbr\u003e\"Wright, Hubbard, and Darity offer compelling sociological, economic, and epidemiological data to show that that structural racism has undeniable consequences on the health and mortality of racial and ethnic minorities. \u003ci\u003eThe Pandemic Divide\u003c\/i\u003e is a useful text for students, educators, and researchers to understand why the COVID-19 pandemic impacted certain populations more than others.\" -- Gwenetta Curry * Ethnic and Racial Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Note on Terminology  ix\u003cbr\u003e Foreword \/ Mary T. Bassett  xi\u003cbr\u003e Introduction. Six Feet and Miles Apart: Structural Racism in the United States and Racially Disparate Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic \/ Lucas Hubbard, Gwendolyn L. Wright, and William A. Darity Jr.  1\u003cbr\u003e Section I: COVID-19 in Context\u003cbr\u003e 1. How Systemic Racism and Preexisting Conditions Contributed to COVID-19 Disparities for Black Americans \/ Keisha L. Bentley-Edwards, Melissa J. Scott, and Paul A. Robbins  29\u003cbr\u003e 2. Labor History and Pandemic Response: The Overlapping Experiences of Work, Housing, and Neighborhood Conditions \/ Joe William Trotter Jr.  46\u003cbr\u003e Section II: COVID-19 and Institutions\u003cbr\u003e 3. “God Is in Control”: Race, Religion, Family, and Community during the COVID-19 Pandemic \/ Sandra L. Barnes  69\u003cbr\u003e 4. COVID-19, Race, and Mass Incarceration \/ Arvind Krishnamurthy  87\u003cbr\u003e Section III: COVID-19 and Financial Disparities\u003cbr\u003e 5. Housing, Student Debt, and Labor Market Inequality: COVID-19, Black Families\/Households, and Financial Insecurity \/ Fenaba R. Addo and Adam Hollowell  111\u003cbr\u003e 6. Race, Entrepreneurship, and COVID-19: Black Small-Business Survival in Prepandemic and Postpandemic America \/ Henry Clay McKoy Jr.  129\u003cbr\u003e 7. COVID-19 Effects on Black Business-Owner Households \/ Chris Wheat, Fiona Greig,and Damon Jones  186\u003cbr\u003e 8. Closing Racial Economic Gaps during and after COVID-19 \/ Jane Dokko and Jung Sakong  210\u003cbr\u003e Section IV: COVID-19 and Educational Disparities\u003cbr\u003e 9. Latinx Immigrant Parents and Their Children in Times of COVID-19: Facing Inequities Together in the “Mexican Room” of the New Latino South \/ Marta Sánchez, Melania DiPietro, Leslie Babinski, Steve Amendum, and Steven Knotek  231\u003cbr\u003e 10. COVID-19, Higher Education, and Social Inequality \/ Adam Hollowell and N. Joyce Payne  256\u003cbr\u003e 11. The Rebirth of K-12 Public Education: Postpandemic Opportunities \/ Kristen R. Stephens, Kisha N. Daniels, and Erica R. Phillips  276\u003cbr\u003e Postscript: COVID-19 and the Path Forward \/ Eugene T. Richardson  295\u003cbr\u003e Contributors  301\u003cbr\u003e Index  307","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409008730455,"sku":"9781478018537","price":19.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781478018537.jpg?v=1730505072","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-pandemic-divide-9781478018537","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}