Activists with the social justice group Mijente and the Black Boston COVID-19 Coalition place flowers on a mock coffin at the steps of the State House.
Members of the social justice group Mijente organized a protest that ended on the steps of the Massachusetts State House Monday.
“We are out here to honor those black and Latinx lives lost to COVID-19 in Boston and across Massachusetts, and to bring attention to those who had a seat on the task force to reopen the Massachusetts economy,” said Mijente organizer Vero Navarro.
Case data shows that the “Hispanic” group makes up 17.9% of Massachusetts’ cases, and “Non-Hispanic Black/African American” makes up 8.8% of cases statewide.
The “Black/African American” group accounted for 38% of the cases, but recent estimates note that black individuals make up only 25% of the city’s population.
