COVID 19 PLACES: ECUADOR
This essay supports an upcoming discussion of how COVID-19 is unfolding in Ecuador and a broader discussion within the Transnational STS COVID-19 project.
Ecuador Place Essay Image
Image created with the use of a free image by Crystal Mirallegro (Unsplash website) for Ecuador's covid19 place essay
Kaleidos - Center for Interdisciplinary Ethnography
A research Center at the University of Cuenca with the collaboration of FLACSO-Ecuador
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a.elhamamiThe main point of the article was to show the "indirect" racism towards black families financially. It was supported through the use of many statistics and showing that black families are the ones who struggle the most.
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a.elhamami1. Children are suffering a lot more than expected. Living in poverty affected the way they learned, grow, interact and more all in a negative way.
2. People living in poverty usually never make it out of the poverty line and continue to suffer.
3. It is mainly the colored people who suffer most from the poverty crisis.
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a.elhamamiTo control this is to create more job oppurtunities for black and low-income families.
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a.elhamamiThe author used the census to accurately make the statistics needed to back up the main argument.
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a.elhamamiThe article addresses the public health by showing that people can not afford daily necessities such as hosptial bills and things of that nature.
This audio was sent by Manuel Maiche, community leader of Kuamar, part of the Shuar territory in Ecuador.