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baumanelise: •WEAR YOUR DAMN MASK• ➡️

New data shows that Black People and People of Colour make up 83% of COVID cases in Toronto. Wearing a mask (over your nose too) is a big way to help stop the spread, but it won’t fix the underlying systemic reasons this virus is disproportionately affecting Black, Indigenous and People of Colour. Hey Toronto City Council, remember when most of you voted “No” to defund police by a measly 10% and redistribute that money into BIPOC communities?? (I’m looking at you

@johntory @councillor_thompson @jamespasternak @mckelvieward25 @cynthiatoronto @mark.grimes @michael.ford.to @johnfilionto @mike.colle @shelleycarrollto @anabailaoto @cllrainslie

•FIRST SLIDE FROM @wklyrant

: “COVID is not a great equalizer. COVID-19 discriminates. It exacerbates existing social and economic differences.”

- Dr. Kwame McKenzie, CEO of the Wellesley Institute.”

•SECOND SLIDE FROM @yvettedontlie

: “A rage drawing I did last night after going to the store and seeing so many people without masks. And this after watching white people take off their masks again and again at a protest last weekend. We can’t claim to be anti-racist and then walk around without a mask. Covid is a race issue. Wear your damn mask. **Edited to note: Grateful to be called in and learn that slide two should read ‘Black People, Indigenous People, and People of Color.’**”