People take part in a "Black Lives Matter" protest commemorating Juneteenth in the Brooklyn borough of New York, the United States, June 19, 2020. (Photo by Michael Nagle/Xinhua)
LONDON, May 12 (Xinhua) -- The majority of local Black residents could not afford as many as 93 percent of districts in major U.S. cities at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Guardian reported on Tuesday.
The newspaper reported that the National Equity Atlas, a research initiative, also found that the majority of zip codes affordable for Black, Latinx and low-income households have long suffered from disinvestment and lack high-quality schools, clean air, parks, safe streets and good jobs.
These findings "paint a bleak picture of both severe racial inequality and a growing shortage of affordable housing in cities across the U.S.," the newspaper commented. ■
