How Little Saigon, Communities Of Color Are Facing Pandemic Challenges / Prioritizing Racial Inequity, Unhoused Population Amid Vaccine Rollout
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![The shopping centers around 65th Street and Stockton Blvd are in the heart of Sacramento's Little Saigon. Andrew Nixon / CapRadio](/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto,width=780/media/12257078/dscf0359-2.jpg)
The shopping centers around 65th Street and Stockton Blvd are in the heart of Sacramento's Little Saigon.
Andrew Nixon / CapRadio
The pandemic continues to significantly impact small businesses and communities of color, including Sacramento’s Vietnamese American neighborhood known as Little Saigon; we check-in on how the area and others are grappling with new challenges amid COVID-19. The vaccine rollout across California has also highlighted racial inequity during the pandemic and how unhoused residents are being prioritized after new data from the state revealed disparities; Insight takes a closer look today.
Today's Guests
- CapRadio Race and Equity Reporter Sarah Mizes-Tan discusses her reporting on Little Saigon and how the neighborhood is grappling with new challenges during the pandemic
- Reinvent South Stockton Coalition Executive Director Darryl Rutherford on the region amid COVID-19, the work of the coalition, and how it’s been impacted by the pandemic
- UC Berkeley School of Social Welfare Assistant Professor Tina Sacks navigates racial inequity during the pandemic and in the subsequent vaccine rollout
- Sacramento Poor People's Campaign Organizer Faye Wilson Kennedy on how the city's unhoused population is managing amid COVID-19 and their vaccine priority