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Nearly nine in 10 meat and poultry workers infected with coronavirus were minorities, CDC finds

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Nearly nine in 10 meat and poultry plant workers infected with coronavirus across 23 states were minorities, CDC report finds More than 16,000 meat and poultry processing facility workers have tested positive for coronavirus Of the nearly 10,000 workers for whom racial and ethnic information were reported, 87% were minorities Five times as many Hispanic … Read more

Padma Lakshmi takes a stand on issues impacting women and minorities in the food industry

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Padma Lakshmi takes a stand on issues impacting women and minorities in the food industry and says change can come from ‘white male chefs’ By Christine Rendon For Dailymail.com Published: 18:15 BST, 3 July 2020 | Updated: 18:15 BST, 3 July 2020 Padma Lakshmi is taking a stand about the issues impacting females and minorities … Read more

Recipes reviewed over chefs ‘appropriating dishes’ from ethnic minorities without crediting them

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Now RECIPES are reviewed for ‘cultural insensitivity’ over claims chefs are ‘appropriating dishes’ from ethnic minorities without properly crediting them Two food publications have been accused of not crediting ethnic minority dishes Bon Appétit’s Alison Roman received criticism for her Indian/Caribbean curry Ms Roman’s #TheStrew recipe did not state where the dish originated from  ‘BBC … Read more

Police chiefs will review use of Tasers over fears officers are targeting ethnic minorities

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Police chiefs will review use of Tasers over fears officers are targeting ethnic minorities after figures showed black men are eight times more likely to have one drawn on them Police chiefs will carry out a review into the use of Tasers after recent incidents  Concerns have been raised that people from BAME backgrounds are … Read more

Doctors blast report they say did nothing to explain why Covid hits black and ethnic minorities hard

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Doctors have said there is a ‘crisis of confidence’ in Public Health England following a ‘profoundly disappointing’ report on how coronavirus hits ethnic minorities harder.  More than 30 ethnic minority doctors’ groups joined the doctors’ union in signing a letter saying they were ‘aghast’ at the research, which has come under criticism for lacking substance. … Read more

Why ARE so many coronavirus victims from ethnic minorities?

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Nearly three quarters of NHS staff who have died from coronavirus are from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. Latest figures show that 111 health and social care workers have been killed by the virus, and the overwhelming majority of these have been from black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities. People from such backgrounds … Read more