@article{69422dec05134548992ee318c90b784c,
title = "Acknowledging Systemic Discrimination in the Context of a Pandemic: Advancing an Anti-Racist and Anti-Ageist Movement",
abstract = "This commentary draws together the confluence of current events–COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice. Vulnerability to COVID-19 cannot be understood by age alone but within the context of inequity. We first review how COVID-19 has disproportionately affected Black and Latinx populations across the life span with the latest data from New York City Department of Health. We then discuss critical race theory and analyze longstanding inequities in health, economic, and social conditions that heighten the risk for vulnerability. We conclude with a discussion for the social work profession on the issues of defunding the police to undoing stereotypes.",
keywords = "COVID-19, health disparities, systemic racism",
author = "Ernest Gonzales and Stacey Gordon and Cliff Whetung and Gerri Connaught and Jasmin Collazo and Jill Hinton",
note = "Funding Information: We are grateful we had access to analyze data from the New York City Department for Health and the Health and Retirement Study funded by the National Institute on Aging and U. S. Social Security Administration. We also thank Encore{\textquoteright}s Public Voices Fellowship for their guidance and support. Funding Information: We are grateful we had access to analyze data from the New York City Department for Health and the Health and Retirement Study funded by the National Institute on Aging and U. S. Social Security Administration. We also thank Encore?s Public Voices Fellowship for their guidance and support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.",
year = "2021",
doi = "10.1080/01634372.2020.1870604",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "64",
pages = "223--237",
journal = "Journal of Gerontological Social Work",
issn = "0163-4372",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "3",
}