First pollution, now coronavirus: Black parish in Louisiana deals with 'a double whammy' of death
- whytheracecardisplayed
- Apr 23, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Aug 2, 2024
In both parishes, the communities most affected tend to be predominantly in African American neighborhoods. That is a concern as Louisiana announced weeks ago that that 70 percent of the deaths from COVID-19 were in the state’s African American population, yet they represent only 30 percent of the state's population. source
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