Coronavirus: In Washington, Blacks Are First Affected By The Epidemic

Correspondent in Washington

A queue formed on the sidewalk in front of the folding tables of the Martha's Kitchen association. On Martin Luther King Jr avenue, in the Anacostia district, a predominantly black suburb of Washington, around a hundred people came around midday to receive food aid. Separated from each other to maintain the recommended distances, people wear a cloth scarf over their face or a surgical mask. Most are black, but there are also some whites. There are women alone or with a child, couples, old people, young people. They are dressed neatly, nobody seems to sleep outside. They leave with a bright red canvas bag full of food. " There is enough to prepare two meals for four peopleSays Natalie Rogan, a Martha's Kitchen volunteer.

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Founded more than forty years ago, this organization has seen its activities multiplied by ten since the beginning of the Covid-19 epidemic.

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