Ethnic Discrimination During the Covid-19 Pandemic

European Union and its Neighbours in a Globalized World

Repercussions of global crises can often be seen in the fact that many legal issues arise or become even more complex, while this is also true when speaking about the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Certainly, the analysis of the effects of such crisis is of great importance during the peak of the crisis, but also afterwards, in the context shaped by the (previous) crisis. In light of the mentioned, the widely present issue of discrimination in the world of work has become even more present during the crisis caused by the COVID-19, and discrimination based on race and ethnicity is no exception in this regard. From patients refusing to be treated by doctors because of their race to increased poverty rates, one may infer that impacts of the mentioned crisis have brought injustice and inequality based on race and ethnic background to the forefront of public eye all over the world, including the European Union. In that sense, the paper deals with the legal framework of importanc...

Nature Communications

The impact of COVID-19 has been disproportionately felt by populations experiencing structural racial-and ethnicity-based discrimination. Here, we describe opportunities for COVID-19 response and recovery efforts to help build more equal and resilient societies, through investments in: (i) interventions focused on explicitly addressing racial and ethnicity-based discrimination; (ii) interventions supporting the delivery of universal services, and in ways that address compounding and intersecting drivers of exclusion and marginalization; and (iii) cross-cutting enabling measures, such as participatory mechanisms and data disaggregation. More than two years since the first SARS-CoV-2 infections were reported, the COVID-19 pandemic remains an acute global emergency 1. While many countries have successfully vaccinated significant portions of their populations, stark global inequities remain with imbalance in the global distribution of vaccines 2,3 , and potential new variants could further threaten the ability of governments to recover from the interconnected health, economic, and broader human rights crises. Within countries, the impact of COVID-19 has been disproportionately felt by populations experiencing structural racial-and ethnicity-based discrimination. Indeed, where disaggregated epidemiologic data are available, COVID-19 morbidity and mortality rates are often significantly higher among people of African descent, indigenous peoples, and ethnic groups or other minoritized groups experiencing discrimination 4-6. This reflects what social

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2020

This paper is aimed to document the observed social exclusion and discrimination in the outbreak of COVID-19 across the world and inside of China. Discrimination and social exclusion has occurred in various forms, while 25.11% of respondents overseas experienced discrimination in the breakout of COVID-19, and 90% of respondents inside of China exhibited discriminatory attitudes. The discrimination and social exclusion also lead to a range of damaging social outcomes. Thus, this is an urgent call for the inclusiveness in policy and media in the face of this public health emergency.

International Journal of Public Health

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 2021

Minority ethnic groups have been disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the exact reasons for this remain unclear, they are likely due to a complex interplay of factors rather than a single cause. Reducing these inequalities requires a greater understanding of the causes. Research to date, however, has been hampered by a lack of theoretical understanding of the meaning of ‘ethnicity’ (or race) and the potential pathways leading to inequalities. In particular, quantitative analyses have often adjusted away the pathways through which inequalities actually arise (ie, mediators for the effect of interest), leading to the effects of social processes, and particularly structural racism, becoming hidden. In this paper, we describe a framework for understanding the pathways that have generated ethnic (and racial) inequalities in COVID-19. We suggest that differences in health outcomes due to the pandemic could arise through six pathways: (1) differential exposure to the...

International Journal of Healthcare Management, 2020

Postmodernism Problems

Неравенства, уязвимости и дискриминация в контекста на COVID-19 Даниела Ровента-Фрумусани и Валентина Маринеску Факултет по социология и социална работа към Букурещки университет, Румъния

COVID-19 and Human Rights, 2021

moderndiplomacy, 2020

The unprecedented outbreak of novel coronavirus COVID-19 has stretched the fr human capacity to combat an emergency situation. Before the emergence of this had not often been forced to face the fact that human beings are hostages to nat present world has witnessed many classi cations of human beings. This classi ca done on the basis of wealth, human resources, technology, atomic energy, even o basis of culture, and so on. Moreover, the terms 'developed society', 'developing s 'least developed society', and 'underdeveloped society' crystalize this classi cation this lethal COVID-19virus, infecting indiscriminately, reminds us of the principle o equality. It infects people from all classes (!), people from all countries regardless status, health, wealth. However, it teaches us many things. It has given the enviro considerable pause from human intervention. It has stopped some cruel wars ex the world. It teaches us the cleanness of body and mind. It sets some people to p their God. It makes us understand that there are things which human beings can   

Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 2020

Recent weeks have seen an increased focus on the ethical response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Ethics guidance has proliferated across Britain, with ethicists and those with a keen interest in ethics in their professions working to produce advice and support for the National Health Service. The guiding principles of the pandemic have emerged, in one form or another, to favour fairness, especially with regard to allocating resources and prioritizing care. However, fairness is not equivalent to equity when it comes to healthcare, and the focus on fairness means that existing guidance inadvertently discriminates against people from ethnic minority backgrounds. Drawing on early criticisms of existing clinical guidance (for example, the frailty decision tool) and ethical guidance in Britain, this essay will discuss the importance of including sociology, specifically the relationship between ethnicity and health, in any ethical and clinical guidance for care during the pandemic in the United...