Staying Home Is A Privilege Many Latino Communities Can’t Afford As Virus Devastates Families – CBS2 (Chicago)

“When people say, ‘You should stay home,’ that’s talking from a place of privilege,” said Elizeth Arguelles, who is the niece of a COVID victim. “Not everyone can stay home or work from home.”
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Governor of Alderaan
5 years ago

It’s racism for a rich white Dictator to tell minorities they can’t earn a paycheck while he can

anyone
5 years ago

Nancy Pelosi has received a check during this whole thing and she has been able to enjoy her 17 dollar a pint ice cream and sit in front of her 35 grand fridge/freeze. She has no idea waht the everyday man has to meet.

debtsor
5 years ago

“I work seven days a week here so I can pay my bills in rent,” Patino said in Spanish.They are working hard to survive in a deadly pandemic. It is a small glimpse of why Chicago’s Latino population is, in many ways, getting hit harder than the rest. “There’s the reality that people still have to put food on the table,” said University of Illinois at Chicago Medical Center emergency room physician Dr. Marina Del Rios. “A day you take off is a day you don’t get paid.”” So basically, the article admits that non-English speaking illegal immigrants are refusing… Read more »

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