Collected Item: “Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition's Message About the Importance of Masks in the Black Community”
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Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition's Message About the Importance of Masks in the Black Community
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Screen shot of a twitter post video
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This twitter post by the Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition features a video explaining (interestingly with some subjectivity) the importance of wearing masks for the Black community in Boston Mass. It briefly explains the successful triumphs the U.S. African American community has had in fighting for their quote "civil rights" and "lives" and that they now cannot allow quote "the air" to kill their people and destroy their communities. A topic that came up in one of our weekly meetings a few weeks ago was the impact of "shame" on the behavior of people. This is exemplified by the elderly woman who stares disapprovingly at the young man who did not wear his mask. The subjective impression conveyed is that you should wear your mask because it is a shameful disregard for human life if you do not. This twitter post shows the efforts of the Black Community of Boston to raise awareness of the importance of mask use and shows the care and concern of the Black Boston community for its members.
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#HST494, #Black voices, #black history month, #Arizona State University
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https://web.archive.org/web/20210226073120/https://twitter.com/BlackBOSCOVID
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Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition
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2021-02-26