CNN Suggests Wearing a Face Mask in Public is Racist – Summit News

CNN Suggests Wearing a Face Mask in Public is Racist – Summit News

• Because black people are treated like criminals if they do the same.

"CNN has published a lengthy article suggesting that wearing face masks to guard against coronavirus is racist due to African-Americans not being able to wear them over fears they will be treated like criminals.

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On social media and in interviews with CNN, a number of people of color — activists, academics and ordinary Americans — expressed fears that homemade masks could exacerbate racial profiling and place blacks and Latinos in danger. https://cnn.it/2V7n8zm 

Some people of color say they won't wear homemade masks. They fear they'll be racially profiled

The CDC's mask guidance is an example of heterogeneous effects, one scholar says: "Clearly, there are additional costs that blacks must consider when choosing what protective gear they will wear."

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