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COVID-19 on Students of Color: Discussion

  • The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact on college students from racial and ethnic minority backgrounds.
  • While all people are susceptible to the negative emotional and economic impact of the pandemic, communities of color are experiencing significant negative ramifications.
  • Facing and witnessing discrimination during a pandemic elucidates one of the many examples of how racial injustice contributes to the existent health disparities faced by marginalized communities.
  • Discrimination as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic was most frequently witnessed against Asian Americans, which was observed through elevated negative biases and hate crimes towards this racial group.
  • The overlap between the COVID-19 pandemic and the killing of George Floyd uniquely impacted young people of color in the sample, demonstrating the intersection of these psychosocial stressors.
  • A recurrent theme reported by the college students from communities of color was the need for altered expectations or adjustments to learning in a virtual environment, due to the multiple chronic stressors that students of color are facing.
  • Racial and ethnic minority students have unique needs and their voices should be heard when planning for future semesters during the COVID-19 pandemic, including designing course structures, creating social engagement opportunities, outlining practices to smooth the transition back to campuses, etc..
  • This particular cross-sectional study lacks a clear comparison group, and additional research may benefit from longitudinal follow-up studies with college students during the pandemic, as well as comparing college students of color to similar cohorts of students pre-pandemic.

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Updated 2021-05-15

Contributors are:

Amelia Henriques
Amelia Henriques
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Who are from:

Boston College
Boston College
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