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Hi,
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my name is Ruben Gomez and I will be presenting my
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four points that I chose for this project through crazy.
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So the first proper I chose to do was women of color.
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Um so little and surely click the COVID-19 epidemic
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has caused devastation on people all across the world.
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Hundreds of millions of people's lives have been pretty much
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turned upside down and the economy has been destroyed.
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Um communities representing women of color and the needs of
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families across the country ever see far too little attention
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And understanding COVID-19 impact that women of
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colour is imperative to overcome because they play
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a significant role in sustaining the financial
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stability of their families and their communities.
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However,
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conversation about the most like critical solutions has been
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ignored in the pandemics consequences on women of color,
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keeping them out of policy discussions and how
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to keep families together while arriving the community.
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So looking deeper into the issue.
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Sexism, racism,
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stereotypes and other prejudices have produced an unequal playing field that
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makes it difficult for women of color to find employment.
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They pay well and provide opportunities for growth.
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These women also face challenges in obtaining
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timely and effective health treatment as well
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as living in areas that lack the basic resources required to live healthy lives.
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These biases against women of color have undervalued
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their labor and dip prioritize their needs,
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leaving them without necessary resources
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and we can no longer overlook these issues as we need them as much as they need us.
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Woman and woman of color in particular overwhelmingly occupy
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quote unquote essential jobs such as nursing homes,
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grocery stores,
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what, what, what whatever you, you know, whatever you want to insert their.
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Um and these jobs require them to physically show up to work.
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Many are also parents with young Children at
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home who need constant care and oversight.
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Um
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would disproportionately see woman in many of these glow
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paying jobs and women are oftentimes between a rock and a
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hard place in terms of being able to figure it out.
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How do they juggle work and their lives at home with their kids?
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They can do both and are ultimately left to leave their jobs.
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So they're not really left with that much of an option.
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This leads me to my next subtopic.
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So women of color are critical to their family's financial security.
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Any loss and their incomes would be devastating
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and depriving depriving their families of vital resources.
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The data constantly reveals that women of color play a
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critical role in providing economic support to their families.
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Many women of color who are moms are also bred owners and households, but Children,
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meaning
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that they are the family's only earner and that
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or they make just as much as their partners.
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Statistics show that 67.5% of black mothers and 41.4% of Latina mothers,
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whether primary or sole breadwinners for their families
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compared to 37% of that white mothers.
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So mothers and lower income families disproportionately,
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women of color are far more likely to be
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the breadwinners and mothers and higher income families,
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White mothers.
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Um,
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In 2018 estimated 70% of mothers and families in the lowest
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Economic financial status were primary sole breadwinners or 31%
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of mothers and families and like the higher end
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of that or white mother. So in translation, this is primarily women of color issue.
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Woman of color are less likely to have the wealth and savings necessary to go
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for an extended period of time without earnings are
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less likely to have another partner there to help them pick up the slack.
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Um,
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that's something that is not necessary on a
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massive scale as people lose their jobs to COVID-19
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almost every day now and women of color
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experience both the gender and racial wealth gap.
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So looking like an essential workers. Now,
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women of color working occupations that put them
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in contact with the covid 19 situation.
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Many of the top positions held by women of color, such as like nursing systems,
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home health aides and childcare workers are classified as essential,
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meaning these women are obligated to work despite an extreme crisis
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for the women of color who are both essential workers and single parents.
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The challenges are even steeper.
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They may need childcare for longer periods of time,
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placing additional pressures on their family budgets
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because their Children are not in school.
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This
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showcases the need for
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better childcare and more reasonable and affordable child care,
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These women are oftentimes not being compensated
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accordingly for their jobs during the this time
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when I think it's necessary to pay them more if they are doomed vital.
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So, you know, we need,
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if we see that they need to come into work, then we should pay them more.
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And although many women of color working essential jobs,
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there are also disproportionately working.
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Several of the industry's hit the hardest by job losses.
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So if you look at the graphic on the left,
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many of the women in these industries are
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dealing with massive layoffs and business closures,
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resulting in lost wages and few options to make ends meet.
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Even in the health care and social assistance industry,
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we're seeing a number of smaller facilities and social and
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community services being closed or significantly reducing the number of
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of jobs.
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Many of jobs in which women of color work are among the lowest paid occupations.
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These women are the least able to afford losing any portion
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of their income and they often have critical gaps in protections.
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So like researchers have found that low wage
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workers are far less likely than high wage workers
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have access to critical work supports such as
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paid sick days and paid family medical leave.
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This relates to the inequalities and injustices we see
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for students of color in our school systems,
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we have an educational system in play that only provides for
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the benefit of caucasian students and students of higher financial stability,
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We expect the students to meet certain criteria
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and compete in a race among other students.
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We have a huge head start but expected to cross the finish line at the same time,
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just like women of color,
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students of color do not have the resources they need to be successful.
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They do not have the accommodation,
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their counterparts have access to leaving them stuck
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between a rock and a hard place.
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How do we change the education system to fairly represent students of color?
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So for me, being a physical education teacher,
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we build a curriculum that is based off standard and skills
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we expect the students to maintain by a certain age.
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The reality is that most kids who fall under the new indigenous probably don't have
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the resources to build those skills are
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practiced and prior to entering the classroom.
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So playing supports in clubs or leagues are getting more expensive.
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That is starting to become a financial privilege rather than
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a right for kids to go out and have fun.
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Only the kids who can afford to play practice
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these skills and coming ready to fit the curriculum that we built.
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So
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many students may come from underdeveloped communities who simply do not
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have the resources for kids to engage in physical activity.
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These are things I must keep it opened. My
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mind to when former leaving lesson plans,
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I must teach from scratch or us,
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I will be exclusively creating a learning environment for
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those who can afford physical education outside the classroom
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and education and education isn't. A privilege to write.
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I'll also combat the inequalities by being a teacher
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who steps up by creating an after school program
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for students that allows them to practice these skills
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outside the classroom environment that isn't so curriculum base.
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This allows me to abound my students on a more personal
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level and create more opportunities for these students to build off
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the fundamental skills needed to be
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successful in physical activity throughout life.
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And now I'm not saying this will level the playing
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field for those students but it would definitely help and
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it would definitely help bridge the gap a little smaller
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between students who have resources and those who don't.
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So now I'm moving on to asian hate. So really quick api stands for uh
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anti asian and pacific Islanders.
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So anti Asian hate dates back to the late 1800s.
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In 1871,
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a group of Chinese men in los Angeles
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California were discovered fighting in the streets.
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Police came to the scene, gunshots were exchanged leaving one caucasian officer
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dot debt. So
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um, this leads to the spread of lies that um
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chinese people were killing white people specifically officers. So um,
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being that they're the chinese were already not like due to being seen
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as a threat to the economy and stealing jobs from the whites.
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They had an even bigger target on their backs. Now
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a mob actually formed that same day and surrounded the chinese community in L. A.
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And they actually went around lynching killing any chinese or asian person
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They saw.
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And this is all legal due to the fact that in 1850 for there's a people
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versus hall case that deemed Chinese people to have no rights to testify in court.
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So this law served as a facilitator to the
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violence that would take place in 1871 which was
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when they lynched and killed any asian people
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that they saw.
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Now we're gonna move on now we're gonna go into
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how this spark for anti asian heat was reignited.
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So
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racial discrimination against chinese
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And other Chinese looking asians were reported in the media as early
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as late January 2020 when the outbreak was first reported in China.
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And then obviously as it grew across the United States around mid March,
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um studies showing evidence
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That 40% of asians around March um of Asian
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Americans reported having recently experienced
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discrimination and unfair treatment.
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And then in April
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Just one month later,
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6% of Asian Americans reported having when
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someone blaming Asian people for the pandemic.
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Fast forward to a couple of months later, 39% of Asian Americans in June
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So that people acted as if they were uncomfortable around them.
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And 31% reported having been subject to racial slurs and jokes
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at anti asian hate crimes. Also increased the nation wide. The A. P. I.
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Racism incident reporting center so that they received over
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1000 100 reports in its first two weeks of March
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When when it first spread out through the United States. All crazy that number.
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Since then obviously increase tons and more than 40% of
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these reports were coming specifically from Chinese Americans in particular
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since mid March,
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when president trump began referring to the coronavirus
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as the chinese virus in his tweets,
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it led to just the spread of
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incorrect information and anti chinese prejudices has increased
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Since then,
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anti chinese language from the trump.
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Administration provoked and fueled the fires
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of racial prejudices against chinese americans and
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because such powerful will stand out leader in the eyes of some people,
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the president saying those things obviously it climbed more citizens and people
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that followed him to feel more comfortable joking about the matter and
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thinking it was socially acceptable to
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to provoke this.
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And because Covid 19 is unlikely to go away in the near future pandemics,
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harmful effects will be long lasting.
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So prejudice against asians is likely to persist as long as Covid 19 is a problem.
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These types of vices lead to social stereotypes that can
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create a divide intention in the classroom and as teachers,
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we must address the social issues to create an
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environment which all of our students are safe.
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If we choose to ignore the problem,
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then we become part of the issue and that oppresses and threatens the students.
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This reminds me of the same tensions Middle Eastern students phase during 9 11.
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Some things you can do in the classroom is to
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have a socratic seminar about the prejudices surrounding COVID-19.
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Giving students a chance to express
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themselves and their experiences is important.
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It shows that we care about them and their
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identity identity and the issues that come along with
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their identity made by teaching students how to engage
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with one another about social issues in the classroom.
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We can gauge how they interact in the real world about similar issues.
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Now we're going to move on to
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mental health and Covid 19,
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The COVID-19 epidemic and economy going to crap have
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had negative impacts on many people's mental health and
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created additional hurdles for those who already suffer from
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mental illnesses or some of the abuse problems.
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Approximately four in 10 individuals in the United States have
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reported anxiety or depressive disorder symptoms throughout the pandemic.
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Many individuals are experiencing negative effects
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on their mental health and well
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being as a result of their anxiety and tensions over the coronavirus,
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such as difficulty sleeping eating, increased alcohol,
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substance usage and worsening chronic diseases.
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As the epidemic.
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Progress is continuing
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continuing in the require public health actions,
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exposed a growing number of individual system barriers
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that are connected support mental health outcomes,
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such as isolation and job loss.
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So looking at young adults,
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young adults have experienced a number of pandemic related consequences,
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such as closures, universities
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and loss of income that may contribute to poor mental health
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During the pandemic. 56% of young adults ages 1824 reported
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reported symptoms of anxiety and or depressive disorders compared to all adults.
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Young adults are more likely to report something to use
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and suicidal thoughts by more than twice the percentage.
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So prior to the pandemic,
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young adults are already at high risk of
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poor mental health and substance use disorder.
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Though many did not receive treatment for it,
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Many students also returned away from student housing,
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leaving them to take out loans to subways, third party properties on on your campus.
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This along with the loss of jobs and closures led
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to students having no other outlet to support themselves financially.
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This contributes to the mental battles Young adults
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phase during the midst of the virus.
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As adults,
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we have diverse needs in different ways of coping with stressful situations.
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For Children is the exact same thing.
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Some Children will have dealt with the well and some would have not have
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dealt with it so well being restricted from seeing their peers in school.
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So for others are challenging to cope
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with all challenged with changes and uncertainties.
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Some Children will return to school,
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haven't experienced some of the stress anxiety,
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isolation, grief.
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Some have experienced increased violence at home.
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For many kids schools and escape from the
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harsh reality students face outside of the classroom,
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which is time for them to be with their friends and for
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some it's time to receive a decent meal or being comfortable conditions.
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Teachers in school personnel are critical and
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important. Children's transition back in person classrooms
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learn particularly after extended periods of school closures.
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Taking steps to support the students is essential during this challenging time,
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whether they're learning remotely in classrooms or on college campuses for us,
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that means more than simply making them learn from
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lesson plans and score well on standardized tests.
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We're as concerned about the social, emotional,
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mental health needs of students in our community as well.
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The only president give me 15 minutes to present.
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So I am going to have to break this one super short.
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Unfortunately,
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there's no representation and crucial frontline positions
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for immigrants and these conditions have a
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lot for systemic exploitation of immigrants and people of color who work in low
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wage jobs and the jobs also failed to
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provide adequate conversation and benefits and worker rights.
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Okay,
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Due to the policies that have been put in place during COVID,
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a lot of these immigrants were denied
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access for public assistance from Medicare and
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Snap many immigrants who contract COVID-19 are
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also have this fear of being deported.
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So they don't even seek help.
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They tend to live in underserved communities,
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which means that the housing quality isn't great.
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They probably most likely more than one family living in one house. So it's a lot.
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It's really hard to isolate. So the contraction of Covid is more likely
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in terms of schooling.
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They don't have the necessary technology needs or resources to
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provide a virtual learning experience for their own Children.
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There's also language barriers and unable to
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meet with the teacher halfway to help educate their own Children.
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This is why it's so imperative for the schools to be open.
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So that burdens like this aren't placed on on
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on the students or on the parents themselves.
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We need to keep schools open for them.