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Have people in your community supported one another during the pandemic? Talk about why or why not, and maybe give some examples.

I worry about everyone right now. I am a white woman, living in a middle class, diverse neighborhood. We are in a utopia of sorts; everyone gets along and supports each other. We are not all the same and that's what we love about it. But I am from the Midwest where there are middle class neighborhoods of are all white people and everyone else isn't accepted. I see it on the news. I see it when I visit my parents (which hasn't happened in a year but will soon). I see hate crimes and police brutality and two systems. It is abhorrent. It makes me sick that people would look at another person, someone they don't know, and judge them without every saying a word to them. Without trying to understand a single thing about them. This virus has brought us all to a greater level of awareness. So has Black Lives Matter. Social media is being used to show the world the injustice that is happening and I'm so grateful for that. But there is so much work to do. I hope the gains we've had from people focusing on what's important don't go away.