FROM DISPOSABLE PEOPLE TO "ESSENTIAL WORKERS": some notes on Latinos and COVID-19s in the United States

Abstract

How do you determine whether a society is fair? There are those who say that it is verified through the treatment that society provides to its most vulnerable members. The devastation that COVID-19 continues to leave in the United States and in several other countries leads us to look into how the most vulnerable among us are... I chose to focus the Latino community in the United States, because it is a community that includes many members who are part of the most vulnerable sectors of American society. Paradoxically, it is a strong and large community and, in fact, today it is the largest minority group in the country. There are now almost 60 million Latinos, representing 18% of the population. It is also important to emphasize that approximately 65% of Latinos, or more than half of this community, were born in the United States and are therefore American citizens. More than that, they are added another 15% among Latinos who have become citizens of this country. So, despite all the government's efforts to paint the Latino community as if it were made up entirely of immigrants, - the reality is that, in this society, Latinos are mostly American citizens. More importantly, it is a very heterogeneous community: among them is a diversity of ethnicities, races, generations, social classes, languages, sexual identities, etc.
Palavras chave: Indigenous territoriais direitos territoriais. Covid-19 Pandemic. Daily genocids.