RACIAL EQUITY, COVID-19, AND PUBLIC POLICY

Racial Equity COVID 19 and Public Policy The Triple Pandemic focuses on the health economic and justice impacts of the COVID 19 pandemic on racial equity The book does not simply document the problems made worse by the pandemic but it provides historical context for issues that rose to the surface in new ways the existing inequities revealed during COVID 19 as well as policy responses to those issues The volume is distinguished in its focus on the implications for racial equity through an examination of both existing public policy and new ideas for change The chapters in this volume demonstrate the ways in which this period of American history and politics is unique most notably in the convergence of major threats to public health economic livelihood and access to justice This triple pandemic will be felt in the coming years and will continue to unfold depending upon the adequacy of the contemporary response This edited volume is designed to provide the reader with a thorough understanding of issues including policing housing business disaster response education immigration vaccine distribution reentry of justice involved individuals and the responses to public protests all with a unifying focus on racial inequities and social justice concern