The Systemic Racism of Lockdowns

Progressives have a big blind spot when it comes to racial justice: their own policies.

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A man crosses a nearly deserted Fulton Street in lower Manhattan during the coronavirus outbreak in New York City, April 3, 2020.

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Progressives have made ending “systemic racism” their most prominent cause. It’s one they believe in fervently, though alas not fervently enough to see how their own policies contribute to the segregation and suffering of poor and minority communities.

The past year has given us another case in point: the grossly regressive and racially disparate impact of heavy-handed lockdown measures.

Mario Loyola

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Mario Loyola

Mario Loyola is a professor of environment at Florida International University and a senior fellow at the Heritage Foundation.

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