that Black people, Indigenous people, and all people of color over the age of 16 and their households can now get vaccinated for COVID-19. As of Tuesday, non-BIPOC Vermonters have to be 50 or older to get the vaccine.
Basically, a 30-year-old BIPOC Vermonter can get vaccinated right now, but a 30-year-old white Vermonter cannot. , but a quick look at Vermont's unique demographics and some basic understanding of public health explain why it's actually a great idea. Vaccine distribution plans, in Vermont and across the country, have prioritized the most vulnerable populations from the start. A quick look at the numbers reveals that giving early vaccine access to Vermont's BIPOC population simply continues that strategy. Vermont is the second-least populated state in the country. It's also the whitest. With a population of only, there are only about 36,000 BIPOC people in Vermont.
Not only is the BIPOC population of Vermont small in absolute terms and in proportion to the white population, it's also at higher risk. Vermont's BIPOC live mostly in denser populated areas with the
Is this another situation I can’t use my white privilege? I’m so confused... it appears there’s black privilege here? I keep hearing about my white privilege, where can I use it
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LOL 'here's why it's a great idea' -- this my friends is a sign of a shill journalist. Always keep that in mind when you see this kind of thing in a headline. They learned to write from Gwaker U.
I'm sure the author would've had the same reaction had the races been arranged differently. This piece may earn her performative social justice points, but she's playing with fire. Who does she think will get hurt if enough resentment builds & racial groups turn on each other?
This seems silly to me
I can’t help but feel if white people were more vulnerable to COVID and were prioritised, it would be labelled systemic racism and a sign of white supremacy.......
Great idea? It’s reverse Jim Crow. And on the flip side, you’re putting PoC first in line to be lab rats for an experimental vaccine.
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