The Pandemic Divide: How COVID Increased Inequality in America

The Pandemic Divide explores the impact of COVID-19 on racial disparities, offering public policy solutions to mitigate the full force of future crises and improve the long-term well-being of all Americans.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 328 pages
Publication date: 15 November 2022
Publisher: Duke University Press

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on the United States, with Black and Latinx populations suffering illnesses, outbreaks, and deaths at much higher rates than the general populace. Those working in low-paid jobs and those living in confined housing or communities already disproportionately beset by health problems were particularly vulnerable. The contributors to The Pandemic Divide explain how these and other racial disparities came to the forefront in 2020 and offer concrete public policy solutions that would allow the nation to respond effectively to future crises and improve the long-term well-being of all Americans. Fenaba Addo, Steve Amendum, Leslie Babinski, Sandra Barnes, Mary T. Bassett, Keisha Bentley-Edwards, Kisha Daniels, William A. Darity Jr., Melania DiPietro, Jane Dokko, Fiona Greig, Adam Hollowell, Lucas Hubbard, Damon Jones, Steve Knotek, Arvind Krishnamurthy, Henry Clay McKoy Jr., N. Joyce Payne, Erica Phillips, Eugene Richardson, Paul Robbins, Jung Sakong, Marta SÁNchez, Melissa Scott, Kristen Stephens, Joe Trotter, Chris Wheat, and Gwendolyn L. Wright are among the contributors.

Weight: 496g
Dimension: 153 x 230 x 20 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781478018537