Crisis Within a Crisis: Exploring Race, Ethnicity & Nationality During a Pandemic

Watch as scholars George Gumisiriza, Judith Lopez-Penaloza and Osman Balkan discuss how COVID-19 not only amplified issues of racism, oppression but also highlighted identity politics around nationality. Listen as these scholars explain disenfranchised grief, state how COVID-19 shifted and even disrupted last rites and funerary rituals. Hear as they talk through how immigrant communities deal with death in a place that does not support or reflect their cultural beliefs and practices. Learn how certain racial and ethnic groupings draw strength within this crisis within a crisis