Describe Inequality and the COVID-19 pandemic.

Part 2 of your final assignment is to view and respond to the following news clips about how preexisting social inequalities, particularly of race and class, are determining who is most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Your response should be divided into two parts, and each response should be 600-750 words, for a total of 1200-1500 words (3-4 words). Part 2A. Watch this 20 minute clip and interview with an African-American doctor in Miami who was handcuffed by police outside his home as he was preparing to help the local homeless population dealing with the pandemic. After Dr. Henderson discusses this encounter with the police, pay close attention to what he says about how this pandemic (as well as previous hurricanes and disasters in Florida) have had especially severe consequences for the poor and unhoused populations he works with in Miami. Here is the clip:https://www.democracynow.org/2020/4/20/dr_armen_henderson_florida_fisher_islandWhat does this interview reveal about how social inequalities of race and class are determining how people are being differently affected by the pandemic? For example, pay attention to when Dr. Henderson talks about the different life chances and health outcomes for people in the predominantly nonwhite Miami neighborhoods of Overtown and Liberty City, in comparison with the millionaires on nearby Fisher Island.Part 2B. Watch this clip about the COVID-19 outbreaks in meat processing plants across the United States and activists who are demanding safer working conditions in these plants. The clip features the CEO of LULAC (The League of United Latin American Citizens), one of the oldest Latinx civil rights organizations in the U.S., and a young activist whose family members work in meat processing plants in Iowa. https://www.democracynow.org/2020/5/4/covid_19_meatpacking_plantsWhat does this story reveal about how workers at meat processing plants, who are predominantly immigrants, have suffered from COVID-19 outbreaks as a result of unsafe working conditions and the slow response of their employers? What are executives like the head of Tyson Foods saying about how the food supply could be disrupted? Consider how the Trump Administration has invoked the Defense Production Act to order meatpacking plants to remain operational despite the outbreaks: what does this say about how the government and meatpacking companies value their workers?