The Rights Track

In Episode 2 of Series 6 Attorney Dominique Day, founder and Executive Director of the Daylight Collective which seeks to fill the space between the status quo and substantive justice with creativity, diverse voices, and multi-sector approaches and understandings talks to Todd about how COVID is negatively and unequally impacting the lives and human rights of Black Americans of African descent. 00.00 – 02.20 Todd begins by asking Dominique to comment on the dis-proportionate impact of the Covid19 pandemic on people of African descent. She points to significant racial disparities in terms of: Who becomes infected Who has access to health care Differences in outcomes in terms of severe illness and death This is seen as an outcome of policies, which exemplify systemic racism at a global and local level. 02.20 – 05.30 Todd asks Dominique which factors she sees as playing a key role in the impact of the Covid19 pandemic.  Whilst racism is not intentional she sees it as being ingrained into the presumptions an