It's not Racism or White Privilege

As of Saturday, 70% of the 86 Chicago residents dying from the coronavirus were African Americans; the city’s population is 29% black.

The Chicago Mayor Lightfoot is in a panic.  I don't doubt the statistic.  I believe it to be true.  Yet there is implicit an accusation of racism involved.

I know people in Chicago in the Black Population.  Many are friends of mine.  The fact is some are obese, Diabetic, sedentary, high blood pressure, poor eating habits and not really taking care of themselves.   Plus a fair portion ignore advice regarding keeping your distance.

I heard and know the arguments.  No local good food markets.  No local good health care facilities.  No good way to get around. No good housing.  All true.  It's not racism, it is geographic demographics.

Yet the truth is of all the deaths in Chicago among the black population, I would be interested to know what percent of them were compromised by what is mentioned above.

It is all convenient to blame others, make people feel like victims, imply racism, white privilege but a peek in the mirror and a look in the fridge might answer a lot of questions.

To be fair, many people in this population are workers as Nurses and other health care workers.  They are carrying this into the community.  The idea of making this a racial argument is terrible.

Many people are able to escape this mess..  but for some reason they don't.

Tragic.

Here is an article sympathetic to Lightfoot's call.