The Atlantic: The Coronavirus Was an Emergency Until Trump Found Out Who Was Dying.
The pandemic has exposed the bitter terms of our racial contract, which deems certain lives of greater value than others.
Adam Serwer Staff writer at The Atlantic MAY 8, 2020
[…]The underlying assumptions of white innocence and black guilt are all part of what the philosopher Charles Mills calls the “racial contract.” […] The implied terms of the racial contract are visible everywhere for those willing to see them. A 12-year-old with a toy gun is a dangerous threat who must be met with lethal force; armed militias drawing beads on federal agents are heroes of liberty. Struggling white farmers in Iowa taking billions in federal assistance are hardworking Americans down on their luck; struggling single parents in cities using food stamps are welfare queens. […] To restrict the freedom of white Americans, just because nonwhite Americans are dying, is an egregious violation of the racial contract. Read the article here.