As COVID-19 cases grow in the African American community, so do some dangerous falsehoods
by Clarence Page, Tribune Content Agency
Apr 10, 2020
3 minutes
You might not have heard of Waka Flocka Flame. Neither had I until the 33-year-old black rap artist recently declared that he and other people of color are immune to the coronavirus.
Say what?
"It's fake," Waka Flocka, formerly known as Juaquin James Malphurs, said during an interview in March on Los Angeles' REAL 92.3 radio. "Minorities can't catch it, we straight."
No, we not. Ironically and tragically, one of the biggest
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