On March 1, 2022, The Hofstra Chronicle featured a story on Hofstra Law’s DEI event on the intersectionality of race and disability.
The event was moderated by Hofstra Law Professor Jennifer Gundlach and presented by Natalie M. Chin, associate professor of law and co-director, Disability and Aging Justice Clinic at the CUNY School of Law.
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The COVID-19 pandemic started the conversation about healthcare, medical conditions and the virus’s effect on various racial groups. As part of a series of events during Black History Month, Hofstra University’s Maurice A. Deane School of Law hosted a virtual event to discuss the intersectionality of race and disability on Wednesday, Feb. 16. Natalie Chin, associate professor of law and co-director of the Disability and Aging Justice Clinic from the City University of New York School of Law, was the guest speaker at the event discussing her research article “Centering Disability Justice.”
“In March 2020, Black Americans represented 12% of the population, but suffered 13.7% of COVID-19 deaths,” Chin said. “So, within the year, that meant that one in every 645 Black Americans were dying from COVID.”
Chin decided to find more information as she felt that the media was underreporting data.
Read the full article on The Hofstra Chronicle website.
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