Dahleen Glanton: Americans were naive to think the coronavirus was colorblind

Everyone should have known that the coronavirus would come for African Americans ferociously. In this country, black people dwell at the top of the list of everything that is harmful and at the bottom of nearly all that is good.

That's the American way.

The coronavirus is having a disproportionate impact on African Americans across the country. In Chicago, blacks comprise 30% of the population, but account for 52% of the cases and more than 68% of the deaths as of this writing.

When it came to this deadly virus, the playing field