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Collected Item: “California's Latino Communities Being Disproportionately Impacted By The Virus”

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California's Latino Communities Being Disproportionately Impacted By The Virus

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Text Story

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This shares a tragic story of a COVID-19 victim leaving behind multiple dependents, as well as a report of the disproportionate risk for Latinos in California. They lead with a personable story of a mother and guardian in order to put names and faces, featuring Maribel Alvarado, to the statistics that follow. It goes into the risks many Latinos go through in their daily lives; their jobs and communities.

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HST 494, Arizona State University, Death, Family, Hispanic, Latino, California

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https://www.kqed.org/news/11866749/californias-working-age-latinos-are-disproportionately-dying-of-covid-19

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Farida Jhabvala Romero

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2021-03-30
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