Morial said that there needs to be immediate and long term action to mend the effects of COVID-19 on the African American community and the first step is recognizing that the health system in American is “broken.” “The entire system, it has to be done through an equity lens in a significant way,” Morial said.
“What the president has done has opened up the eyes of so many people,” said NAACP President, Derrick Johnson. “This nation has still not dealt with race and its appeal to the lowest common dominator of us as a community. We really need to take a step back and focus on what’s important, particularly in this era.”
A nationwide assessment of the digital economy has found that Black Americans are overrepresented tech consumers, underrepresented tech employees.
NNPA Hosts 2018 State of Black America Forum at Annual Conference
Town hall sparks national conversation on racial and economic justice, premieres May 31 at 8 p.m. ET