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The Racism I Faced as Milwaukee’s Health Boss Under COVID-19
Hell of a Job
We battled persistent myths, spread on social media and by word of mouth, that Black people couldn’t get coronavirus. I also personally got barraged by white supremacists.
Jeanette Kowalik
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Sep. 7 2020
5:00AM EDT
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